martin luther king

Detroiter Khaliph Young wanted to hear stories from people who lived through the Civil Rights era. So he made a podcast to do just that.

It was four months after he gave his famous “I Have a Dream” speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, and only four weeks after the assassination of…

The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King was shot and killed in Memphis in 1968. Violent riots followed in what surely must've felt like an unraveling of…

Today is not only the Martin Luther King federal holiday, but Dr. King’s actual birthday. Had he not caught that bullet on the balcony of the Lorraine…

In March of 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. came to Grosse Pointe, a nearly all-white Detroit suburb.He gave a speech at Grosse Pointe South High School…

There is extra special importance to this Martin Luther King Day in Ypsilanti.Remarkably, it was 150 years ago on this day that abolitionist and orator…

Two months before his famous speech at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. led marchers down Woodward Ave. in…

For many Americans, the life of Martin Luther King Jr. means mostly that they get a day off from work or school, a day in which the banks are closed and…

The University of Michigan celebrates the life of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. by holding annual symposiums on campus.But it seems no one knew of…

"Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred." - MLKIf you want a moment of reflection today, you…