Mary Ellen Ford was among the onlookers who gathered shortly after King's assassination on April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee. She was 21 and worked at the Lorraine Motel.

It is estimated that about 900 streets across the US have a Martin Luther King memorial -  photographer Susan Berger has since 2009 photoed many of them in urban areas and off the beaten track.

Stevie Wonder was joined by more than 70 celebs including, Barack and Michelle Obama, Katy Perry and Mariah Carey to share their dreams in honor of Martin Luther King's death.

Bernice King, 55, issued the call for a boycott Thursday on Twitter, referring to the recent arrests of Anthony Wall in North Carolina and Chikesia Clemons in Alabama.

Chicago oral historian Studs Terkel (main) spent decades interviewing everyone from Muhammad Ali (top inset) to Martin Luther King, Jr (bottom inset); a new archive now showcases his work online

The President's former top strategist said in an interview with the BBC that the civil rights icon would have backed his ex-boss's economic policies, which he claimed had benefited the black community.

Army veteran Dr. Gerald Newmark, who joined Dr Martin Luther King Jr to participate in the final Selma march in 1965, passed away last month at age 91. He left a final love letter for his wife, Deborah

Fotu Leiato, 21, was found dead in Oregon Friday hours after his friend, Pedro Chavarin Jr, crashed his car in the area. Chavarin, 22, told police he was in the car alone when he crashed.

It is hailed as one of the most inspirational speeches of all time. But Martin Luther King did not originally intend to make his ‘I have a dream’ speech – because he was ‘bored’ with it.

Rev. Dr. Bernice King, child of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King, has called a sketch where Cardi B portrays Scott King talking about her husband's rumored affairs 'repulsive.'

The Los Angeles City Council finalized its vote to rename Rodeo Road to Obama Boulevard on Tuesday, on the 10th anniversary Obama being named the Democratic nominee for president.

It's been 50 years since Arthur Ashe became the first African-American man to win the U.S. Open.A new book with photos by John G. Zimmerman shows Ashe in a new light.

Jeremy Kappell (pictured) referred to a park named after the civil rights leader in Rochester, New York, as 'Martin Luther C**n Park', before quickly amending his mistake during a broadcast for WHEC.

The incident took place at the McDonald’s location on Martin Luther King Drive in Chicago. The McDonald’s employee is seen punching the customer and then shoving him to the ground.

Glass is projected to pull in $47 million domestically over the long MLK Day holiday, making it the third best MLK weekend opening behind American Sniper ($107.2 million) and Ride Along ($48.6 million).

The Truth and Reconciliation Committee (TRC) has called for probes into deaths of John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X, on the occasion of MLK day.

The Jordan High School boys' basketball team was scheduled to play Minneapolis Patrick Henry High School on Monday in the MLK Showcase at Minneapolis Roosevelt.

The White House's official schedules for the day, published Sunday night, said Trump and Pence both had 'no public events scheduled.'

Sanders said at an NAACP event: 'I must tell you it gives me no pleasure to tell you that we now have a president of the United States who is a racist.'

Sarah Sanders tweeted a tribute to Martin Luther King Jr Monday for MLK Day. She wrote that MLK 'gave his life to right the wrong of racial inequality'.

The First Lady was spotted boarding a jet in West Palm Beach on Monday afternoon after spending several days soaking up the warmer winter weather at Mar-a-Lago.

On Twitter, President Donald Trump mentioned the case of Wilbur Martinez-Guzman, 19, who was arrested by authorities in Nevada in connection with the killing of four people.

The 26-year-old hip-hop star captioned her clip: 'Hated or love it ya still listen to BARDI even on the low!'

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was invited to a special panel honoring Martin Luther King Jr at Riverside Church in New York City on Monday. Hours later, she appeared on Stephen Colbert's show on CBS.

Numerous subscribers took to Twitter on Monday to call out the company by sharing screengrabs of the notification, which put a distasteful spin on Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous 'I Have a Dream' speech.

RHOC's Tamra Judge had change of heart and condemned her son Ryan's transphobic comment: I'm extremely sorry, his words were harsh and unacceptable'

Shocking video footage shows a man walking towards a group of black youths with a gun before he hurls racist abuse at them in Miami. Mark Bartlett faces hate crime charges over the incident.

Dominic Prybella, 10, and Anthony Stuard, 9, became internet famous when video of their shirtless dance battle at a 76ers game was tweeted by the NBA on TNT.

New York Sweet Chick restaurants co-owned by rapper Nas and John Seymour are offering free chicken and waffles to furloughed workers until the partial government shutdown ends.

The meteorologist appeared to use the racial slur whilst describing a park in the New York state city named after Martin Luther King Jr.

Police arrested Justin Wesley Leverett (pictured), 37, who is accused of punching another man's eyeball out of its socket and then punching the exposed eyeball, causing it to explode.

The 3.5-mile street runs across Los Angeles' black neighborhood and also intersects with Martin Luther King Jr Boulevard. There was a concert on Saturday to unveil the Obama Boulevard sign.

Generation Woodstock is set to air on the ABC on Tuesday night, examining the cultural impact of the iconic event.

The manifesto encourages members to wage a war on Australian farmers by entering their properties, 'documenting the conditions' and stealing animals.

The legacy of U.S. civil rights hero Martin Luther King Jr could be facing a 'painful reckoning' after a biographer unearthed tapes detailing the scale of his affairs and sexual exploits.

TOM LEONARD: Listening through headsets into the bugged hotel suite next door, the small group of FBI agents couldn’t quite believe the sordid events that were unfolding.

Martin Luther King and Elvis Presley loom large over Memphis Tennessee. The city has not forgotten its history of music and civil rights. James Rampton found it both poignant and thrilling.

He recently attended the TV Week Logie Awards with his mother as his date.  

Alveda King, a conservative pundit and pro-life advocate, questioned the quarterback's knowledge of the American flag maker after Nike announced that it was pulling a shoe.

In addition to a fascinating history, Alabama has vibrant cities, world-class museums, a thriving music scene and 60 miles of white-sand beaches. Here are ten reasons why you should go...

A spokeswoman with the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department told DailyMail.com that an internal investigation was being conducted after surveillance video of the fight was released.

The 43-year-old said that the backlash is a burden black performers unjustly have to deal with unlike their counterparts when playing real-life roles.

The stark declaration came as part of a meandering discussion at the closing of a town hall meeting on the campus of Dartmouth College, which also featured mentions of school shootings.

In 2017, Trump and his administration asked to come and visit the newly opened National Museum of African American History and Culture, according to founder Lonnie G. Bunch III.

Joe Biden on Wednesday mocked his recent spat of gaffes - including his miscounting of a story about awarding a medal to a soldier in Afghanistan - in an interview with Stephen Colbert.

A speech by Martin Luther King was found by the children of a photographer and journalist who hid a tape recorder under a Klan robe to infiltrate a white supremacist rally in South Carolina in 1967.

Upperclassmen Kristopher Graham and Antwain Garrett gathered a selection of clothes, including new shoes, to give to Micheal at Martin Luther King College Prep in Memphis, Tennessee.

Martin Luther King III is calling for a boycott of the NFL until one of the league's 32 team signs controversial QB Colin Kaepernick, who's been out of the league since his infamous protests in 2016.

JT Lewis, whose six-year-old brother Jesse was one of the 26 people killed in the Connecticut mass shooting, eviscerated the 2020 hopeful for making the claim in a new video released earlier this week.

John Conyers Jr. co-founded the Black Congressional Caucus in 1971 and fought for the creation of the Martin Luther King Jr. national holiday. He resigned amid sexual allegation charges.