A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On April 3, 1968, civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. delivered what was to be his final speech, telling a rally ...

What you need to know about the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. Over a half-century ago, Martin Luther King Jr. traveled to Memphis to support and bring attention to a strike by more than ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A Memphis pastor who was ...

On the surface, “The Mountaintop” seems like a straightforward play, a two-hander about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Camae, the motel maid who brings him coffee one stormy night. But the story is ...

As the nation celebrates Martin Luther King Jr.'s 75th birthday, people of goodwill in all communities continue the struggle for justice and racial equality. It is an appropriate time to measure the ...

The Arden Theatre Company is staging a powerful work from a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright about the life and legacy left behind by one of the most influential leaders of the 20th century.

New walkways, landscaping and a gateway plaza featuring a famous Martin Luther King Jr. quote are all part of a $6.8 million expansion of the Indianapolis park where Robert Kennedy made a historic ...

"Dr. King made it rather clear that the cause that we were fighting for was not only worth living for, but it was worth dying for, if need be," said Fred Gray, the lawyer who help ...