Yolanda Renée King is the sole grandchild of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King—and is just as passionate. She ...

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Martin Marty, an eminent church historian, prolific chronicler and interpreter of religion and its role in public life, died at the age of 97 on Tuesday, Feb. 25 in a Minneapolis care facility ...

Religion | NPR Martin Marty, leading scholar of American religion, dies at 97 Martin Marty, one of the foremost interpreters of religion in American public life, died on Tuesday. He was 97 years old.

Biographer Grant Wacker suggested Marty deserved a place alongside Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Billy Graham and Jonathan Edwards on the “Mount Rushmore of American religious history”; Time magazine ...

During Martin Luther King Jr.'s years of public appearances, he visited S.C. 10 times between 1959 and 1967, favoring the Penn Center in as a special retreat.

Like a single flaming match dropped into the dry straw of a forest, Martin Luther’s 95 theses ignited a conflagration that engulfed all of Europe and continues to this day.

BOSTON - On August 28, 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his historic "I Have a Dream" speech at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Sixty years later, it continues to inspire. "Dr ...

Today, almost 1,000 cities and towns in the U.S. have streets named in honor of Martin Luther King Jr., and more than 100 public schools bear his name. In Washington, D.C., a 30-foot-tall MLK ...

That Martin Luther’s Ninety-Five Theses helped launch the Reformation is beyond question. Dated October 31, 1517, Luther’s letter to his superiors did include copies of the theses.

As America is celebrating the Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King Jr’s birthday, it’s fitting to mount a defense against those using him as a political weapon, to carry on the legacy of his words, ...