Historian Vicki Crawford was one of the first scholars to focus on women’s roles in the civil rights movement. Her 1993 book, ...

Eig said the “watering down” of King’s radical message is intentional, noting that King’s close friend Harry Belafonte believed the national holiday was designed to destroy King’s power — the holiday ...

Michael King Jr was born in Atlanta, Georgia on January 15, 1929. His father, Michael King Sr, and mother, Alberta King, grew up involved in the church. Alberta’s father was a minister and Michael Sr ...

“The day I became a staff member at Martin Luther King Jr. Family Services was the day I not only gained a new family, but also became a ‘Keeper of The Dream.’ When you step through the ...

But preserving the Martin Luther King Jr. Tree of Life hasn’t always been easy. The original tree at the Oklahoma State Capitol Park was planted in the '80s, but it was vandalized multiple times ...

Martin Luther King Jr.’s bold quest to fight for peace across the nation and for all people to be treated equally led to the Civil Rights Movement. Although his acts of selflessness cemented his name ...

That includes one tree on our state Capitol grounds. But preserving the Martin Luther King Jr. Tree of Life hasn’t always been easy. The original tree at the Oklahoma State Capitol Park was ...