Topic: Martin Luther King Jr.

In an excerpt from the bestselling King: A Life, the iconic moral leader attends Chester’s Crozer Theological Seminary, takes part in his first civil rights confrontation (in a Maple Shade, New Jersey bar!) and loses his heart … to a White woman

Hope may be infinite, as the Civil Rights icon told us. But it requires action

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a perfect opportunity to engage with other Philadelphia citizens on civic projects that matter. Volunteer. Visit a museum. Build peace

July 4th means different things to different Americans. Here, a host of Independence Day perspectives — from Frederick Douglass, Susan B. Anthony, Ronald Reagan and more — that remind us what it means to be free

Thousands of Philadelphians participated in volunteer work on Monday for MLK Day of Service. Here’s a look at some of them.

The debate over Martin Luther King, Jr., on a day of service in his memory is a good thing, except for what it leaves out

Today we honor the great American pacifist. But it turns out that King’s relationship to guns was more complicated than you might expect.

Philly’s MLK Day of Service is the nation’s biggest. But it doesn’t capture who King really was. We must do better.

How the City of Brotherly Love helped shape the great Civil Rights leader we honor on January 17

As Baltimore burns, there is a whole lot of denunciation. But maybe MLK was right when he said “a riot is the language of the unheard”