Martin Luther King Jr. Drew His Moral Authority From Religion ‘Hate cannot drive out hate,’ is the teaching that guided the civil rights hero. Martin Luther King Jr. on the steps of the Lincoln ...

RNS covers global religion news, including politics, culture, ... President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the 1964 Civil Rights Act as the Martin Luther King, Jr., and others, look on July 2, 1964.

Today she is the director of the Morehouse College Martin Luther King Jr. Collection, where she oversees the archive of his sermons, speeches, writings and other materials.

BOSTON - On August 28, 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his historic "I Have a Dream" speech at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Sixty years later, it continues to inspire. "Dr ...

FILE - Dexter King, son of the late civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., listens to arguments in the State Court of Criminal Appeals in Jackson, Tenn., Friday, Aug. 29, 1997, to determine ...

Integration, insisted Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929 – 1968), is the realisation of the republican ideal of collective self-determination in a multiracial society.

How Martin Luther King Jr. foresaw Mississippi's new Episcopal Black bishop (RNS) — King contrasted Mississippi’s past with his optimistic vision of the state as an ‘oasis of freedom and ...

During Martin Luther King Jr.'s years of public appearances, he visited S.C. 10 times between 1959 and 1967, ... He was versed in religion, philosophy, politics and economics, ...

Here are 17 inspiring Martin Luther King quotes from his famous speeches and writings about education, justice, hope, perseverance and freedom. “Intelligence plus character—that is the goal of ...

Martin Luther King (MLK) Jr. Day 2025 marks the holiday’s 40th observance. The theme, “Mission Possible: ... religion, gender, sexual orientation, and other experiential lines.

(RNS) — ‘Dr. King argued that no religion has a monopoly on truth,’ said Lewis V. Baldwin, emeritus professor of religious studies at Vanderbilt University. (RNS) — The Rev. Martin Luther ...

Martin Marty, one of the foremost interpreters of religion in American public life, died on Tuesday. He was 97 years old. Accessibility links. ... "In the case of Martin Luther King, ...