Civil Rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis ... he gave a speech at the Mason Temple Church and was killed the next day. James Earl Ray was convicted of King's ...

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

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 ...

King's son said he never thought racism would still be around and on the rise like it is today, as rally-goers urged activism ...

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 ...

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 ...

An observance of the 74th National Day of Prayer will be hosted by Michael and Malinda Blue on May 1 at 7 p.m. at The Door of ...

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 ...