A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. The 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom was an important moment in U.S. history. While some might argue that ...

Martin Luther King Jr. was addressing a crowd of 260,000 when gospel singer Mahalia Jackson shouted, “Tell ’em about the dream, Martin.” King then departed from his prepared text to make an ...

"Praise for Gary Younge's Stranger in a Strange Land: Encounters in the Disunited States: "Abroad in America, Gary Younge is an acutely skeptical observer." -Jonathan Raban "Gary Younge is an ...

MONROE, La. (KNOE) - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., delivered his most famous speech on Aug. 28, 1963. It was part of the March ...

I still believe in the dream — not as a distant hope, but as a call to action. On Thursday, we’ll march again, this time on ...

CHICAGO -- The National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum unveiled the first talking Martin Luther King Jr. bobblehead Monday. The bobblehead, which is officially licensed through King's estate, ...

Bernice A. King has never been one for protocol, especially when she has good intentions. So when she found herself in the Vatican on March 12, 2018, in a private, quiet moment with Pope Francis, the ...

To mark the historic moment, the WNBA team named after the speech – the Atlanta Dream – is launching a program to carry on ...

Rights leaders of the '60s say MLK legacy lives on in vision, if not execution. Jan. 21, 2013— -- Rev. Joseph Lowery remembers when the 1960s South was burning with racism -- the day a white man ...

Martin Luther King Jr. was fatally shot on April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee. Here’s how the final day of his life ...