Jimmy Carter, who died Dec. 29 at the age of 100, spent his life intertwined with America’s and the world’s enduring legacy ...

MLK's daughter spoke to Newsweek about the different trajectories of two Georgia natives, and how they aligned in the fight for ciivl rights.

As a legislator, governor, president and ex-president, he confronted the prejudices that were so much a part of where and ...

He was the son of early civil rights activist Martin Luther King Sr., and participated in protest movements from a young age. He grew to national prominence in 1955 when he led the Montgomery bus ...

ATLANTA — Former Atlanta mayor and civil rights leader Andrew Young has been discharged after being hospitalized Friday in ...

In the decades following the assassination of a man who would one day have his name become synonymous with racial equality, ...

Dr. King was born to Martin Luther King Sr. and Alberta Williams King in Atlanta, Georgia. A gifted and determined young man, he skipped grades 9 through 12 and enrolled at Morehouse College at ...

His name wasn't originally Martin. Dr. King's given name was actually Michael, after his father, the Rev. Michael King Sr ... from a young age. In "The Autobiography of Martin Luther King ...

HISTORY LESSON: Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson will headline this morning’s MLK Interfaith Breakfast, also known as the ...

Ambassador Andrew Young first ... the United Nations. Young made his place in the Civil Rights Movement as a "field general," as he has described it, to Martin Luther King, Jr. He served as ...

In 1976, as governor of Georgia, Carter shared a beautiful moment with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s father ... hand and hand with Coretta, MLK Sr., Andrew Young, and other civil rights leaders.