The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was arrested for the last time in Birmingham in 1967. The two Jefferson County deputies who arrested him have both died since 2016, but both recounted their ...

Martin Luther King Jr. sits for his for police mugshot after his arrest for directing a boycott of segregated buses, Feb. 24, 1956, in Montgomery, Alabama. The LIFE Images Collection/Getty Images 9.

Rev. Ralph Abernathy, left, and Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., right are taken by a policeman as they led a line of demonstrators into the business section of Birmingham, Ala., on April 12, 1963.

Reporting from BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — A motel room once used by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. to plan civil rights protests is the centerpiece of a new national monument in Alabama. President ...

In Birmingham, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., along with the Rev. Fred L. Shuttlesworth and others, coordinated sit-ins, ... King's arrest and incarceration on April 12, ...

Lead Up to King's Arrest in Birmingham, AL. Dr. Martin Luther King's imprisonment in Birmingham, Alabama is described. The events and causes leading up to King's Letter from Birmingham Jail.

Hundreds of people visited the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute on Monday to honor Martin Luther King Jr.'s life and legacy on MLK Day. BCRI offered free admission on the holiday, giving people a ...

50 years ago, Martin Luther King, Jr. was finishing up the “Letter from Birmingham Jail.” Here’s why it changed history.

Birmingham jailhouse logbook pages, signed multiple times by Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., are up for auction for the first time. The logbook shows the entries dated between March 4, 1963, and ...

Martin Luther King Jr., leaves a Birmingham jail, April 20, 1963 after posting bond on charges stemming from a desegregation drive. Show Caption. AP. ... The day after his arrest, ...