When a crowd of 150 people shuffled out from under a tent and into the rain for the unveiling of a new statue at Hart Plaza on Friday, umbrellas aloft, exalted shouts of joy and awe went up as ...

(CBS DETROIT) - Sixty years ago Friday, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech for the first time in downtown Detroit. Now, the city is honoring the civil rights icon with a ...

Flowers and etched stonework are pictured at Unity Corner in Martin Luther King Jr. Park in Winter Park on Monday, July 14, 2025. The park features a larger-than-life-size bronze statue of King by ...

A statue of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and longtime Los Angeles County Supervisor Kenneth Hahn debuted Wednesday, March 27, at a Compton church, commemorating the historic moment in 1961 when ...

A new statue of Martin Luther King Jr. is causing controversy in Winter Park, Fla. Residents slammed the "caricature"-like depiction of the civil rights icon for its "awkward" proportions, with the ...

A new bronze statue of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was unveiled Monday at the Georgia State Capitol as cities around the country are talking about whether or not to take down certain monuments and ...

The statue of a key civil rights figure which was vandalized in 2022 is coming back to Springfield for display this summer after a successful restoration. The Illinois Secretary of State’s office ...

The Martin Luther King Jr. statue in Denver's City Park was vandalized overnight. The damage was discovered on Wednesday morning where a gaping hole remains that used to feature a bronze plaque. There ...

On a corner of his namesake street, a life-size statue to Martin Luther King Jr. stands with its arms outstretched — Raleigh’s tribute to a titan of social justice. In many ways, the city’s King ...