How did Martin Luther King's message get across to America? Partly through pop culture. Music, movies, TV helped spread his ...

We honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s life and legacy this ... King’s story and his legacy will be twisted into right-wing propaganda, in which King was a conservative who would have ...

Ad Policy Civil rights leader the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. relaxes at home in May 1956 in Montgomery, ... and sponsored a 1966 propaganda film depicting King as a Communist agent, ...

In an interview published by NPR’s Book of the Day podcast on Jan. 3, writer Jonathan Eig, who authored the biography 'King: A Life,' said that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was "a protest leader ...

King also had many critics in Washington. The Kennedy administration wanted the streets of the segregated South to calm down to remove a powerful propaganda tool being exploited by the Soviets.

Martin Luther King Jr. offered his most unfiltered thoughts on the conflict in a 1959 sermon titled “A Walk Through the Holy Land,” following a Middle East trip.

Martin Luther King Jr. often spoke of creating “the beloved community,” a society in which “men can live together without fear,” as he wrote in a 1966 essay.

Celebrate Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy with a look back at 15 of his most powerful quotes, including the iconic 'I Have a Dream' speech and more.

Martin Luther King III on Trump's inauguration 05:59. Only once before since it became a federal holiday has Martin Luther King Jr. Day fallen on the same day as a presidential inauguration. That ...

Martin Luther King was originally named Michael King before changing both his name and his son’s name. By. Kalyn Womack. Published. January 21, 2025.