MLK Salute to Greatness Awards inspire in ATL

theGRIO REPORT - Around 2,000 guests turned out to support this year's Salute to Greatness Awards to honor trailblazers who have demonstrated a commitment to the principles and philosophy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr...

Bernice King on MLK's 'gun control'

Associated Press

ATLANTA (AP) - The nation will honor civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday — the same day as it celebrates the inauguration of the first black president to his second term...

Inauguration Day has rare intersection with MLK

Kate Brumback, Associated Press

ATLANTA (AP) - President Barack Obama plans to use a Bible that belonged to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. as he takes his oath of office on the holiday honoring the slain icon...

MLK's daughter Bernice King: Nonviolence message vital as ever

Lucas L. Johnson II, Associated Press

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - While the nation struggles to agree on how to curb gun violence, followers of a man gunned down nearly 45 years ago think his wisdom offers an answer....

MLK Memorial quote to be removed

Brett Zongker, Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) - Interior Secretary Ken Salazar endorsed a plan Tuesday to remove a disputed inscription from the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial, rather than cut into the granite to replace it with a fuller quotation...

Martin Luther King III steps down as King Center CEO

Donovan X. Ramsey

theGRIO REPORT - The day after the holiday in recognition of his father, Martin Luther King III announced that he will be stepping down as CEO of the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change. He held the position since 2011...

How Coretta Scott King kept MLK's dream alive

Kunbi Tinuoye

theGRIO REPORT - They say behind every great man stands a great woman. Coretta Scott King, civil rights activist and widow of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., was no exception...

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