There’s an adage that goes: “The best part of the meal is the company.” And those words were never more true than in June 1958 when the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. came to town.

Mumbai: Post his India visit in 1959, legendary American political activist and civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr ...

Born in 1929 in Atlanta, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. would go on to become the voice of the movement. In 1955, he served as the spokesman for the Montgomery bus boycott. In 1957, he was elected the ...

MSNBC’s Rev. Al Sharpton called on all Americans to boycott companies eliminating ... D.C., during a rally in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day on Monday. He said this call to action would ...

Who was Martin Luther King Jr.? The Baptist minister first came to national prominence during the 1955 Montgomery bus boycott in Alabama. King would go on to become one of the most prominent figures ...

This boycott, led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., was a turning point. It highlighted the injustices faced by African Americans. It also paved the way for more activism. Coretta Scott King was ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is just as much a Detroit holiday as it is a federal one. Created after overwhelming approval in Congress and being signed into a law by President Ronald Reagan in ...

The Baptist minister first came to national prominence during the 1955 Montgomery bus boycott ... 1986. King was assassinated on April 4, 1968, according to the Stanford Martin Luther King ...

They elected a 26-year-old Martin Luther King Jr. — a newcomer to the area ... Montgomery desegregated its city buses the next day. The boycott lasted 382 days. National City Lines bus No ...

“Martin Luther King, Jr. was not looking to become a leader ... But when the Montgomery bus boycott began, they were looking for somebody who could serve as the spokesman.” ...