Martin Luther King Jr.

Ruby Bridges urges people to ‘choose good’ in the fight against injustice

At UChicago’s MLK event, civil rights icon recalls integrating New Orleans schools and pleads to protect today’s youth

Ruby Bridges to speak at UChicago’s 2025 MLK commemoration

Civil rights icon to discuss her experience integrating New Orleans schools at age six

Martin Luther King III to deliver keynote at 2024 MLK commemoration

Civil rights leader to speak Jan. 30 at Rockefeller Chapel, where his father first spoke in 1956

Timuel Black, civil rights leader and Chicago historian, 1918–2021

UChicago alum marched with Dr. King, mentored Obama and inspired generations on South Side