So, what was Martin Luther King Jr.’s childhood really like? Let’s take a closer look at the highs, the lows, and everything in between. What was Martin Luther King Jr.’s childhood really like?

According to the book "Let the Trumpet Sound: The Life of Martin Luther King Jr.," King's childhood in the home was somewhat turbulent. According to biographer Stephen B. Oates, while grandmother ...

NPR’s ‘Book of the Day’ podcast Martin Luther King Jr. didn’t originally set out to become a civil rights activist, according to his biographer. On a Jan. 3 episode of NPR’s Book of the Day podcast, ...

Since the inauguration coincidentally takes place on MLK Day, those not wanting to view ... pride in being Dr. King’s birthplace, and his childhood home is a museum within walking distance ...

Jonathan Eig is the author of “King: A Life,” winner of the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for biography. The Martin Luther King Jr. federal holiday has been observed now for 39 years — the same length ...

Joe Walker, who helped lead the push to memorialize King’s visit, was just 9 years old when the civil rights leader came to speak two blocks from his childhood home. Joe Walker, who was 9 years old ...

"King: A Life," Eig's biography of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., was awarded the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for Biography. MLK Day in Ithaca:Celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day at the Greater Ithaca ...