Strikers marched on Main Street as a result, and a standoff with police began. Officers used clubs and mace on the protestors ...

Memphis sanitation workers demanded safer working conditions, higher wages, and recognition of their union. The strike brought civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. to the city.

Historian Vicki Crawford was one of the first scholars to focus on women’s roles in the civil rights movement. Her 1993 book, ...

An archive of the Western Herald’s coverage of Martin Luther King Jr.’s Dec. 18, 1963, visit to Western Michigan University. In 1968, King was shot and killed in Memphis, Tennessee.

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

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is more than just a symbol of the Civil Rights Movement; his legacy is deeply rooted in his ...

Martin Luther ... four days after King's 1968 assassination outside a Memphis motel, but took 15 years to become a federal holiday. WATCH: Harris speaks at Martin Luther King Jr. Day event in ...

The house was badly damaged by a fire two years ago. The restoration work to turn it into a museum is expected to be completed by 2026.

King led several nonviolent campaigns in Birmingham, known at the time as "the most segregated city in America." ...

Charter school enrollment decreased by over 1,000 students between the current and most recent school year, according to ...