Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the third Monday in January, became federally recognized in 1983 when President Ronald Reagan signed it into law.

April 28 (Reuters) - A historic Black church in Memphis, Tennessee, that was an organizing point for Martin Luther ... King traveled to Memphis that year to lead a march and was assassinated the ...

Faith leaders, civil rights advocates, and politicians gathered at the Boston Common on Saturday afternoon to honor the 60th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr ... Louise Day Hicks, a prominent ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a U.S. holiday and national day of service. It took a long time for the country to get there It was first proposed four days after King's 1968 assassination outside a ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A historic Black church in downtown Memphis that was the organizing point for Martin Luther King Jr.’s final campaign in 1968 caught fire early Monday morning and ...

WHERE WE KINDLE THE FLAME AND RECOMMIT TO IT EVERY DAY. COMMEMORATING 60 YEARS SINCE THE REVEREND DOCTOR MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. MARCHED FROM ROXBURY TO THE BOSTON COMMON TODAY, HIS SON WALKED ...

It was through Freedom House that he learned Martin Luther King, Jr. was coming to town in April ... lack of affordable housing and income inequality. Louise Day Hicks, then the chair of the ...

(AP) — A historic Black church in downtown Memphis that was the organizing point for Martin Luther King Jr.’s final campaign ... to nourishing food every day. The Museum of Pop Culture ...

Actor and director David Oyelowo shared his thoughts about playing Martin Luther King Jr. in the 2014 historical ... the artistry of what we do. Daniel Day-Lewis is never having to feel that ...

KINGSPORT, Tenn. (WJHL) — Kingsport hosted its 25th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day March on Saturday, commemorating the first march in the city after King’s assassination 57 years ago.

A historic Black church in Memphis, Tennessee, that was an organizing point for Martin Luther King's last civil rights ...