Martin Luther King Jr.

“The whole purpose of racism from the beginning was to divide poor black and poor whites (so they could not) unite and create inclusive prosperity,” said former NAACP President Benjamin Jealous.

The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s call for economic equality and workers’ rights have been diluted in political conversations, St. Louis University historian Christopher Tinson said. Politicians like to quote from King’s “I Have a Dream” speech but ignore the civil rights leader’s fight for workers and poor people.

Alabama native Bettie Mae Fikes discussed the voting rights bill and her history in the civil rights movement.

Born in Boonville, Missouri, C.T. Vivian made his way from western Illinois to Nashville, where he became a civil rights leader and confidant of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Author Steve Fiffer discussed Vivian's memoir, which he co-authored, on "St. Louis on the Air."

Every February, schools around the nation commemorate the accomplishments of African Americans by highlighting them through Black History Month lessons…

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The partial government shutdown blocked the 2019 Martin Luther King Jr. Day ceremony from the Old Courthouse in St. Louis. Nevertheless, about 50 people…

On just about any day, a stream of customers arrives at Jaden’s Diner at 4251 Dr. Martin Luther King Drive in The Ville neighborhood of north St. Louis.…

Religion and politics don’t always pair well, and both have a reputation as conversation stoppers. But so much of the work of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.…

Mike Jones remembers being “shocked but not surprised” when he heard that Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. had been murdered.The assassination of the civil…