Jonathan Eig, author of the biography ‘King: A Life,’ spoke about the late civil rights leader on a Jan. 3 episode of NPR’s ‘Book of the Day’ podcast Martin Luther King ... people like Roy Wilkins at ...

More than 50 years after he died at age 39 from an assassin’s bullet, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. endures as one of the most influential and recognizable figures in American history. His rise ...

Despite being a revered leader of the civil rights movement, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was actually ... people like Roy Wilkins at the NAACP or A. Philip Randolph, and that plays out too when ...

The Rev. Martin Luther King ... so church-oriented groups. King has neither the quiet brilliance nor the sharp administrative capabilities of the N.A.A.C.P.’s Roy Wilkins. He has none of the ...

The 'I Have a Dream' part was suggested by Mahalia Jackson as King neared the end of his 1963 speech at the Lincoln Memorial. As the Martin Luther ... Urban League and Roy Wilkins of the NAACP.

Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X. University President Mark Yudof asked that the release ceremony be held at Northrop Auditorium. “The University is pleased to join the Postal Service in honoring ...

For McKenya Dilworth-Smith, Martin ... Luther King, Jr. Day service event. McKenya Dilworth-Smith, the organization’s executive director, said she wanted to pack 1,000 bags. (Maya Wilkins ...

Martin Luther King Jr. didn’t originally set out ... who seem to be his superiors in some ways, people like Roy Wilkins at the NAACP or A. Philip Randolph, and that plays out too when he becomes ...

“He is always going out of his way to avoid conflict with people who are his elders, who seem to be his superiors in some ways, people like Roy ... King Jr.'s father, pastor Martin Luther ...

Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Martin Luther King Jr. didn’t originally set out to become a civil rights activist, according to his biographer. On a Jan. 3 episode of NPR’s Book of the ...