King was assassinated on April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee. He was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1977 and Congressional Gold Medal in 2004; Martin Luther King, Jr. Day ...

The petition asks the president to give a posthumous Medal of Freedom to Attorney Louis L. Redding and Judge Collins J. Seitz ...

This stellar biography from political scientist Theoharis (Julian Bond’s Time to Teach) makes a persuasive case that Martin Luther King Jr.’s campaign for racial justice has been significantly ...

Photo: Martin Luther King waves to the crowds at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, 28 August 1963 ... and T.J. Jemison. As SCLC president, King was tasked with the coordination ...

Delaware's congressional delegation has submitted a joint letter to President Joe Biden in support of a push by local advocates to posthumously award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to two ...