The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a young, rising star in the burgeoning civil rights movement in September 1958, when he sat signing copies of his first book in a Harlem department store.

His enduring legacy was memorialized when Republican President Ronald Reagan signed the King Holiday bill in 1983, and again during the dedication of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in 2011.

Martin Luther King, Jr. Was Stabbed in Harlem, 1958. This article was written by Janos Marton. Published in: Arts & Culture, Secrets of NYC, harlem. Author. Untapped New York. View articles.

NEW YORK-- What would've been Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s 94th birthday was celebrated at a service Sunday at the city's historic Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem. It was also the first year ...

With Martin Luther King Jr. Day being on Jan. 20, there’s no better time to dive deeper into his legacy. ... Stride Toward ...

Yolanda Renée King is the sole grandchild of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King—and is just as passionate. She ...

Preaching a message of nonviolent resistance, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was the leading voice of the American civil rights movement. The protests he organized, the marches he led and the ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is approaching quickly – Monday, Jan. 15 — and this year, the federal holiday falls on the actual birthday of the celebrated civil rights leader who was assassinated ...

Despite being a revered leader of the civil rights movement, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was actually conflict avoidant, says biographer Jonathan Eig. In an interview published by NPR’s Book of ...