He invoked the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt. An honor guard appeared with tricorn hats, fifes and drums — all traditional Revolutionary War iconography.

It is our fate — largely our own doing — to live at a time when the arc is going backward. Backward, perhaps, to the Gilded Age of the 1890s. The president likes to invoke William McKinley, for ...

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was killed almost 60 years ago Friday. Here is a quick look into his life and remarkable legacy.

On the 57th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination, we remember not only his iconic speeches but the depth and radicalism of his work. Often sanitized in mainstream memory ...

Martin Luther King Jr., the Atlanta native who became one of ... An anonymous letter—likely written by Hoover’s deputy ...