MLK's daughter spoke to Newsweek about the different trajectories of two Georgia natives, and how they aligned in the fight for ciivl rights.

Dr. Martin Luther ... the wake of Dr. King's death in 1968, several notable figures found ways to honor him and aid in the push for MLK Day. By the late 1970s, President Jimmy Carter pledged ...

The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his iconic “I Have a ... to Seattle When Mount St. Helens erupted in 1980, President Jimmy Carter declared the entire state of Washington a federal disaster ...

"If Israel decides to give full rights to only one ethnic group and fewer rights to others, it loses its democratic soul and with it its Jewish one." —Jeremy Ben-Ami, The Forward (Jan. 3, 2025 ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day will coincide with the presidential ... place until three years later in 1986. Former President Jimmy Carter tried to do the same during his presidency, but Congress ...

Jimmy Carter's Life Intersected With ... the line to get into office,” said Bernice King, daughter of Martin Luther King Jr., who was assassinated two years before Carter’s election as Georgia ...

As one of the public address announcers during Jimmy Carter’s inaugural parade ... was sentenced for assassinating the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. — not to introduce the president by his ...

ATLANTA — Dr. Bernice King is headed to Washington, DC to pay her final respects to former President Jimmy Carter ... said her father, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and Carter had deep roots ...

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day will mark the third closure of the year after closures for New Year's Day on Jan. 1 and for the National Day of Mourning after Jimmy Carter's death, which was marked on ...

Born less than five years apart in Georgia, the late President Jimmy Carter and Martin Luther King Jr. both came up during the civil rights movement, rising to the top of American politics to be ...

Rosalynn Carter, President Jimmy Carter, Coretta Scott King ... Young sing during a reception honoring friends of the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Social Change in Washington, on Oct ...