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Martin Luther King

Two months previously at Ebenezer Baptist Church, on Feb. 4, 1968, King gave his famous “Drum Major” sermon. At his widow's request, King eulogized himself, with a recording of the “Drum Major” sermon played at the funeral.

Laying an American saint to rest

Conflict

Flip Schulke’s photos of the funeral of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. highlight the emotions felt by mourners and around the nation as America came to terms with an assassin’s bullet. Fifty years on, many of those emotions continue to be felt in a divided nation questioning what sort of country it wants to be.

Dr. Michael Eric Dyson on ‘Bob Edwards Weekend’

Global Politics
President Lyndon Johnson shakes hands with the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., after handing him one of the pens used in signing the Civil Rights Act of July 2, 1964 at the White House in Washington.

New tape from Martin Luther King Jr. interview draws connection between US and African independence

Arts, Culture & Media

Remembering Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Legacy

Returning to Dr. King’s Message With Community Service

The World

On Martin Luther King Day, hearing from his namesakes

Arts, Culture & Media

We wanted to find out is what’s it like to be named Martin Luther King, when you are not, in fact, the civil rights leader or one of his descendants? We speak with three very different men who are all named after Martin Luther King, Jr.