Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Nikki Haley appears on “Fox & Friends” after the Iowa caucus.

Nikki Haley Insists America’s ‘Never Been a Racist Country’

The 2024 candidate’s declaration that the United States has never been racist comes just weeks after she omitted slavery as a cause of the Civil War.

Justin Baragona

PLOT TWIST

Turns Out MLK Never Made His Famous Criticism of Malcolm X

Historian Alex Haley distorted or completely made up quotes in his Playboy magazine piece, a biographer has found.

Brooke Leigh Howard

COGNIZANT CITIZENSHIP

MLK Was No Moderate, He Wanted a ‘Radical Revolution’

He preached equality and public service, but he passionately skewered America’s imperialism and failures of capitalism.

Rotimi Adeoye

YES, YOU READ THAT RIGHT

Julia Roberts Says MLK Jr. Paid Hospital Bill For Her Birth

The actress said her parents were friends with King and his wife, and the couple helped out when they couldn't afford the bill.

Alec Karam

SMEAR CAMPAIGN

How the FBI Tried to Drive Martin Luther King Jr. to Suicide

A new documentary offers an anatomy of the motivations of J. Edgar Hoover’s unhinged efforts to smear MLK, including through interviews with King’s confidants.

Melissa Leon

LOSS OF A LEGEND

‘I Never Became Bitter’: How John Lewis Fought Until the End

His death marks the loss of a revered civil rights icon, and the acknowledged conscience of Congress for more than 30 years.

Eleanor Clift

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Nikki Haley Insists America’s ‘Never Been a Racist Country’

Turns Out MLK Never Made His Famous Criticism of Malcolm X

MLK Was No Moderate, He Wanted a ‘Radical Revolution’

Julia Roberts Says MLK Jr. Paid Hospital Bill For Her Birth

How the FBI Tried to Drive Martin Luther King Jr. to Suicide

‘I Never Became Bitter’: How John Lewis Fought Until the End

C.T. Vivian, Civil-Rights Hero, MLK Lieutenant, Dies at 95

‘Tragic Loss’: Mourners Pack Rayshard Brooks’ Funeral

Civil Rights Legend Rev. Joseph E. Lowery Dead at 98

‘100% Innocent’: Alabama Man Executed Amid Late Drama

FBI Tweets Tribute to MLK, the Man It Tried to Destroy