A delegation from the Arkansas Martin Luther King Jr. Commission will travel to Selma, Alabama on March 7 & 8 to commemorate ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Alabama will pause its usual weekday routine on Monday to mark Martin Luther King Jr. Day, honoring the civil rights leader whose ...

DEARBORN, MI - A significant piece of American history has been moved from Alabama to Michigan where it will soon be put on permanent display. The Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn announced the Dr.

1948 – Is ordained a Baptist minister. 1954 – Becomes the pastor of Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. December 1, 1955 – Seamstress and civil rights activist Rosa Parks refuses to ...

Montgomery is where Dr. King served as a pastor and helped plan many historic civil rights events. Trumpets and drums rang out at a parade on Dexter Avenue. Bands were joined by civic groups and ...

Martin Luther King Jr.’s influence on American politics and his views about policy issues are a perennial topic of discussion ...