He cofounded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference shortly after his home and church were bombed, and he became its ...

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a complex man and an incredible leader, and it is important and instructive to reflect on his ...

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. came to town. King was in town to attend the National Sunday School and Baptist Training Union Congress. Dr. O. Clay Maxwell, a New York pastor, was elected president of the ...

Hundreds gathered in Tuscaloosa on Monday for Unity Day in honor of the legacy of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. The ... chapter of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.

The holiday is also an appropriate introduction to Black History Month, officially designated as February. On April 4, 1968, ...

Bayard Rustin led a long and complicated life dedicated to the fight for equal rights. Targeted by the FBI, Rustin became a ...

On the same day, the nation celebrated its annual tribute to the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr ... worked closely with his Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC).

Martin Luther King Jr.’s family offered their response ... arguing that King and his Southern Christian Leadership Conference were “made to order” for the Communist mission.

As time inevitably passes, we must remember that speeches of this magnitude were not given in a vacuum—they were calls to ...