The sociologist Jonathan Rieder examines Martin Luther King’s oratorical gift.

Obama gives a powerful, landmark speech on race.

This play about the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s decision to oppose the war in Vietnam resonates with Obama's stand against the unpopular war on Iraq.

“The Man in Room 306” challenges the audience to confront viscerally one of the most tragic moments in our country’s history: the assassination of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Taylor Branch, a prominent King biographer, discusses the assassination of King 40 years later.

The 2008 presidential candidates all commented on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s assassination.

A peaceful cabin in South Carolina was meant to be a retreat for the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

If Barack Obama’s campaign represents anything, it is the triumph of Martin Luther King Jr.’s early-’60s style of activism over the angry and reckless late-’60s style.

John McCain said his thinking about the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. had evolved since 1983, when he voted against a national King holiday.