Jan 21 Watch 7:01 On MLK Day, the need for a ‘deeply moral argument’ about American injustice On Martin Luther King Day, we return to a segment we first aired last year, about an effort to revive one of Dr. King’s signature programs, what he called the Poor People’s Campaign. Judy Woodruff sat down with Reverend William… Continue watching
Jan 15 WATCH: Trump, facing backlash over reported s***hole comments, honors MLK Day By Darlene Superville, Associated Press Trump spent Monday's King federal holiday in Florida with no public appearances on his official schedule, but he tweeted the radio and video address to his followers. Continue reading
Jan 18 Listen to MLK’s 1964 Nobel Prize lecture By Erik Andersen For the first time since it was delivered 51 years ago, it is now possible to hear Martin Luther King Jr.’s Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech in its entirety. Continue reading
Jan 19 Elementary school students lend their small voices to King’s big dream By Jordan Vesey In honor of Martin Luther King Jr., students from Washington, D.C.'s Watkins Elementary gathered Friday to celebrate what has become an annual tradition. Each year the fifth grade students study and reenact the "I have a Dream" speech the late… Continue reading
Jan 19 Watch 5:13 Elementary school students lend their small voices to King’s big dream By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jan 19 MTV airs programming in black and white on MLK Day By Stacy A. Anderson, Associated Press WASHINGTON — MTV is taking the color out of its programming on Martin Luther King Jr. Day to encourage people to talk about what race means in their lives. Continue reading
Jan 16 Watch In Smaller Voices, ‘I Have a Dream’ Echoes Again Over National Mall For the past seven years on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, children from a Washington, D.C., elementary school have climbed the steps of the Lincoln Memorial to proclaim "I have a dream," just as Dr. King did 48 years ago. Continue watching
Jan 17 Remembering Martin Luther King Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement In honor of Martin Luther King Jr., we have compiled archival videos, documentaries, commentaries, discussions and reports about his life, legacy and the Civil Rights movement. Continue reading
Jan 18 Martin Luther King, Jr. Remembered With Day of Service At the beginning of a busy week -- with a crisis in Haiti and in the thick of health care reform negotiations -- President Obama will set aside much of his day Monday to remember civil rights leader Martin… Continue reading