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 ...

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

COLUMBIA — South Carolina’s Republican-dominated Senate adopted a resolution recommending fellow Republican Treasurer Curtis ...

Arielle Gray's grandfather — then a teenager — joined the march to the Common led by King drawing attention to the racial ...

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., protected by an umbrella from the rain, addresses civil rights marchers on historic Boston Common ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) –Organizers with 50501 Rochester will hold a Rise Up & Reach Out rally Saturday in Rochester at Martin ...

SEATTLE — Two people are dead and another person was injured in a single-car crash in King County Saturday night. The King County Sheriff's Office said deputies responded to a reported crash at ...

The King Center and voting rights advocacy group Black Voters Matter are uniting to influence a new generation of activists.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Inauguration Day both fall on Jan. 20. Here's what's open and closed on the federal holiday. President-elect Donald Trump's will be sworn in under the Capitol ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's speech highlighted initiatives from the Trump administration's first 100 days, criticizing ...

Kennedy was shot and killed June 5, 1968, at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles moments after giving a speech.