Martin Luther King Jr.

Hear from the voices of the women and men who marched to Washington for racial equality in 1963.

News4’s Walter Morris caught up with the filmmaker at the D.C. premiere.

Amber Payne, a journalist and the film’s co-director, spoke with News4 moments before the film’s premiere in D.C. 

An annual tradition returned to the District and drew big crowds. News4’s Derrick Ward reports.

America has honored Martin Luther King Jr. with a federal holiday for nearly four decades yet still hasn’t fully embraced and acted on the lessons from the slain civil rights leader, his youngest daughter said Monday. The Rev. Bernice King, who leads The King Center in Atlanta, said leaders, especially politicians, too often cheapen her father’s legacy into a “comfortable...

D.C. residents turned out at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial and a parade to honor the civil rights leader’s legacy. News4’s Derrick Ward reports.

Washingtonians are honoring the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday by giving back to their communities, marching for peace and justice and reflecting on the civil rights leader’s legacy in the District and beyond. Many people are expected to stop by the MLK memorial along the National Mall in Southwest D.C. to honor Dr. King’s legacy. The...

More than 120 organizations and individuals will join D.C.’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day Peace Walk and Parade on Monday. News4’s Dominique Moody reports.

Events across the D.C. area honored Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his contributions to the civil rights movement over the weekend. News4’s Derrick Ward reports.

President Joe Biden has made a historical pilgrimage to what he calls “America’s freedom church” to mark Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday.

The Anacostia Arts Center held an event Saturday that honored Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and focused on ways to combat youth violence. News4’s Derrick Ward reports.

The actor’s parents — Betty Lou Bredemus and Walter Grady Roberts — became good friends with the civil rights leaders in the 1960s.

In the book “Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community?” Martin Luther King Jr. called for “a revolution of values” that would help heal American society. In 2022, he would be disappointed that “we didn’t heed his message,” says his daughter Bernice King, a minister and attorney. King joined LX News to talk more about the direction the...

A new program plans to give Black women in Georgia up to $850 in guaranteed income per month. Similar experiments are also taking place across the country.

Yolanda Renee King, Dr. King’s granddaughter spoke of ending poverty, fighting racism and voting rights to D.C.-area students at the National Cathedral. News4’s Juliana Valencia reports.

Lerone Martin has studied pretty much all there is to study, and read almost all there is to read, about the late Martin Luther King, Jr. Martin said the U.S. is still dealing with issues today that King spoke about more than 50 years ago. “He was always committed to making sure we end the plagues that he called the...

News4’s Derrick Ward reports on how people answered Dr. King’s call to service by helping their communities.

Americans must commit to the unfinished work of Martin Luther King Jr., delivering jobs and justice and protecting “the sacred right to vote, a right from which all other rights flow,” President Joe Biden said Monday.

The family of Martin Luther King Jr. crossed D.C.’s new Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge on Monday as the world honors King’s life and legacy. News4’s Justin Finch reports.

The family of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. is honoring him on Monday by leading a voting rights march in Washington D.C. Vote.org CEO Andrea Hailey makes the case that voting rights is this generation’s civil rights issue.