In an interview published by NPR’s Book of the Day podcast on Jan. 3, writer Jonathan Eig, who authored the biography 'King: A Life,' said that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was "a protest leader ...

First grade students at Sherman Multicultural Arts School are winners of the 2024 Martin Luther King Jr. essay contest Grade 1 group project. Teachers: Lori Carmichael and Lynn Beaudoin.

By Mekhi Abbott Special to the AFRO [email protected]. This year’s recognition of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day marks the 39th anniversary of the national observance of the federal holiday.

Martin Luther King Jr. skipped the ninth and the 11th grade and started his college career at Morehouse College in Atlanta at the age of 15 in 1944. 4. He survived an assassination attempt.

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 Day podcast, Jonathan Eig, author of ...