Martin Luther King ... of the Birmingham campaign,” says Clayborne Carson, Professor of History at Stanford University and Director of the Martin Luther King Jr. Research and Education Institute.

(NCR/James Dearie) As Martin Luther King and other leaders in the Southern Christian Leadership Conference were in the midst of planning the campaign, King left to stand with the sanitation ...

King’s words were as powerful as his deeds, and his moving and eloquent addresses, which gave hope to millions, continue to inspire people throughout the world. The legislation to recognize Martin ...