In the United States, the third Monday of January is known as Martin Luther King, Jr. Day – a day to honor the life and legacy of Dr. King. (Dr. King was born on January 15th, 1929.) This ...

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, also known as MLK Day, honors the American civil rights leader's birthday, although it rarely falls on that actual day. King was born Jan. 15, 1929, but the federal ...

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy is celebrated each ... Days after King's assassination, legislation was drafted to have Martin Luther King Jr. Day, but it would be another 15 years before ...

This year's MLK Day also falls on Inauguration Day for President-elect Donald Trump, marking only the second time in 28 years that these federal observances align. The last time the two dates ...

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a complex man and an incredible leader, and it is important and instructive to reflect on his ...

The life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. will once ... on the third Monday of every January for the day to honor Martin Luther King Jr. This year, that day is Jan. 20.

"This is intentionally distasteful, dishonoring, deplorable, and disrespectful." Daughter of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. calls ...

Suzette Hackney talked with Martin Luther King III about the convergence of Inauguration Day with the day of service that honors his father.

Only once before since it became a federal holiday has Martin Luther King Jr. Day fallen on the same day as a presidential inauguration. That was in 1997, when Bill Clinton took the oath of office ...

Martin Luther King Jr. leads the Walk to Freedom through downtown Detroit on June 23, 1963. MLK Day will be observed on Jan. 20. Bettmann Archive The first holiday of the year was just a couple of ...

Dr. Bernice King, the CEO of the King Center and the youngest daughter of the civil rights leader, has some ideas.

The chairman and CEO of the Los Angeles Kingdom Day Parade, the nation's largest and longest running celebration of Dr.