Under Dr. King’s leadership, nonviolent protest became the defining feature of the modern civil rights movement in America. King first demonstrated the efficacy of passive resistance in 1955–56 while ...

The Director of History at the museum, Ryan Jones, says the murder of Dr. King sparked riots in 112 cities in the U.S., “The assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. was one of these polarizing ...

His name was Dr. Martin Luther King. And the words he said that day are some of the most famous in history. He said he had a dream that life for his children could be different from how it had ...