Martin Luther King Jr.

"Florida Matters Live & Local" spends the hour looking at the lives and legacies of lawmakers John Lewis and Arthenia Joyner, author Zora Neale Hurston, and the enduring words of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

Rev. Charles McKenzie, who performs for Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe, tells "Florida Matters Live & Local" he became fascinated by King after watching Walter Cronkite's TV report of his shooting.

“When the Righteous Triumph” is being revived for a March 6-9 run at the Straz Center. It tells the story of Tampa’s F.W. Woolworth lunch counter sit-in of 1960.

With Martin Luther King Jr. Day around the corner, hear how people in Tampa Bay are stepping up with acts of service. Plus, how to do Dry January.

U.S. groups will gather for community service projects to honor Martin Luther King Jr., but some say more is needed.

Everywhere you look, people are vocally celebrating MLK Day. But many are cherry-picking which parts of his legacy to recall, and which will be conveniently relegated to the dustbins of history.

The Tampa Bay region has events planned out in honor of the holiday, including celebrations, public service opportunities, and parades — one of which will feature Heisman Trophy runner-up Michael Penix Jr. as the grand marshal.

As part of our ongoing series asking for your stories about Black history, we hear from an educator who recalls hearing Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s final Sunday sermon before he was killed.

Sunday's anniversary of the day marchers were beaten by police in Selma, Ala., will honor the late civil rights icon. Some 56 years later, former state Sen. Hank Sanders says his work isn't done.

A two-year-long project was finally unveiled this week in St. Petersburg honoring the victims of lynchings in the area.

MLK/FBI director Sam Pollard chronicles the FBI's campaign against Martin Luther King Jr., which included sending King a letter suggesting that he kill himself.

Everglades National Park will delay a planned hike in entrance fees while the park continues whittling away at a massive backlog of maintenance repairs.