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 ...

And some of the quotes he mentioned here ... The theme of Marietta College’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration this year is “Mission Possible: Protecting Freedom, Justice, and Democracy ...

This Inauguration Day also lands on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, which is annually observed on the third Monday of January. Like any other federal holiday, you can expect to see some things ...

Volunteers will still be active in the community throughout the day. KALAMAZOO, MI — Minister and civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. dedicated ... photos, quotes and facts about ...

I think my father and mother would challenge us to be a better America because we can become that. It starts with something ...

Lawrence Phillips, founder and CEO of Green Book Global Walk in the footsteps of one of history's most important figures with a visit to the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park.

Katie Hall passed Congress and was signed into law by former Republican President Ronald Reagan in 1983 to make Martin Luther King Jr. Day a federal holiday. Bernice King interned in Hall's office ...

King was drawn to Memphis in 1968 to support some 1,300 predominantly Black sanitation workers who went on strike to protest ...

Martin Luther King III, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu and Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley spoke at the 60th anniversary of Martin ...

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 ...