Actor and director David Oyelowo shared his thoughts about playing Martin Luther King Jr. in the 2014 historical drama Selma.

April 23 marks the 60th anniversary of the Freedom Rally on Boston Common, led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. In what became the first major Civil Rights march in the Northeast, more than 20,000 gather ...

A newly discovered note from CT’s first editor, Carl Henry, shows how King’s Birmingham Jail missive shifted a white pastor’s ...

On April 16, 1963, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. wrote "Letter from Birmingham Jail" while imprisoned in Alabama for ...

Sixty-four years ago today, a crowd of eager students piled into Thompson Chapel for regular Sunday Services. Curious ...

On this episode of CounterPunch Radio, Erik Wallenberg talks to Jeanne Theoharis about her new book, "King of the North: Martin Luther King Jr.'s Life of Struggle Outside the South," in which ...

I met him in Miami Beach as my friends saw the Beach Boys.

Father Martin will speak with Ashley McKinless and Zac Davis, co-hosts of the “Jesuitical” podcast, about deepening your prayer life as we journey from Holy Thursday and Good Friday to Easter ...

The King has cancelled today's engagements due to "temporary side effects" from his cancer treatment. Buckingham Palace said after "scheduled and ongoing medical treatment for cancer" on Thursday ...

ROME, Italy — Pope Francis’ medical team briefly considered suspending treatment after a Feb. 28 breathing crisis but ... His planned meeting next month with King Charles III in the Vatican ...