Martin Luther King Jr.

Blooming cherry blossoms surround the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington March 27, 2021. (CNS photo/Cheriss May, Reuters)

‘His memory still resonates’: Franciscan sister recalls MLK

OSV News January 16, 2023

Almost everyone familiar with the life and death of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. knows the value that the civil rights leader put on living a long life. The phrase “longevity has its place” is now enshrined within his last speech, given the night before King’s murder in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 4,1968.

Dr. King mural in a city

Dr. King’s Undying Dream

Christopher Heffron January 17, 2022

When King delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech in 1963, 250,000 people in DC stood spellbound. It’s perhaps the most important oration of the 20th century.

I (Still) Have a Dream’: St. Francis of Assisi School

John Feister July 24, 2018

During the 50th anniversary of a key year in the civil rights movement, St. Francis School looks to the future in Mississippi.

The Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial is pictured in Washington Aug. 29, 2023. As Rev. King taught, "we must confront the evils of racism and prejudice with the love of Christ," Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio of the U.S. Archdiocese for the Military Services, who is president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, said in a Jan. 10, 2024, statement ahead of Martin Luther King Jr. Day Jan. 15. (OSV News photo/Tyler Orsburn, CNS)

The Pope and the Preacher: Francis and Dr. King

Cecilia Moore, PhD January 16, 2017

Pope Francis says Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is a role model for Americans. A scholar of Black Catholic history explains why.