Who Was Martin Luther King Jr? Martin Luther King Jr. was a Baptist minister and civil rights activist who had a seismic impact on race relations in the United States, beginning in the mid-1950s.

One of the facts about Martin Luther King Jr. that most people are unaware of: His birth certificate reads Michael King, an ode to his father, a former pastor at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta.

Martin Luther King III, the son of Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, reflects on his father's legacy and what he considers today's most urgent social justice issues. On this day honoring ...

NPR revisits a series of Canadian Broadcasting Corporation interviews with a soft-spoken Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. from 1961. On this Martin Luther King holiday, somebody is going to play you a clip ...

It all started with a dream. The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.‘s impact is now felt everywhere, from politics and social justice movements to the arts. The African American civil rights leader and Nobel ...

On this day honoring the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., we turn to his eldest son, Martin Luther King III. He is a civil rights advocate in his own right who continues to build on his father's ...