Strikers marched on Main Street as a result, and a standoff with police began. Officers used clubs and mace on the protestors ...

Memphis sanitation workers demanded safer working conditions, higher wages, and recognition of their union. The strike brought civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. to the city.

An archive of the Western Herald’s coverage of Martin Luther King Jr.’s Dec. 18, 1963, visit to Western Michigan University. In 1968, King was shot and killed in Memphis, Tennessee.

Eddie George was pondering the next steps in his burgeoning career as a college football coach while driving back from the ...

Thursday marked a monumental moment in American history as it was April 4, 1968 that Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. was killed.

Martin Luther ... four days after King's 1968 assassination outside a Memphis motel, but took 15 years to become a federal holiday. WATCH: Harris speaks at Martin Luther King Jr. Day event in ...

The National Civil Rights Museum and Unite Memphis today announced a new partnership to amplify the message and movement of ...

The house was badly damaged by a fire two years ago. The restoration work to turn it into a museum is expected to be completed by 2026.

Early in the year, the significant legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King resonates strongly. The third Monday in January is Martin ...