Martin Luther King Jr. welcomed four children with wife Coretta Scott King before his death in 1968 Stephanie Kaloi is a contributing writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2022.

Before Martin Luther King Jr. led marches, gave speeches, and peacefully fought to change the world, he was just a kid ...

Nobel Peace Prize awardee Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, triggering riots across the US. His death shook the civil rights movement but also cemented his legacy in the fight for ...

Here’s where FILE - In this Aug. 28, 1963 file photo, The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. waves to the crowd at the Lincoln Memorial for his "I Have a Dream" speech during the March on Washington ...