In 1983, about 20 years after King's "I Have a Dream" speech, legislation for a Martin Luther King Jr. Day on the third Monday of January cleared Congress and President Ronald Reagan signed it

Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy is celebrated each year in ... From standing on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. to writing letters from a Birmingham jail, King's work ...

In his 28 years leading the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Youth Rally ... a walk from the Capitol to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s City Campus. Out of all the people walking alongside ...

The peaceful protest culminated with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. standing on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial and delivering a stirring speech that would forever change America. In August as ...

Leaders in Muscle Shoals held a State of the City event to showcase how they are preparing for growth in the community. The current facility has two full-size rinks, but project leaders want to add a third rink for hockey. Many places are against the use ...

The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his iconic “I Have a Dream” speech in 1963 on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. He chose that location in part to honor President Abraham Lincoln as “a ...

ATHENS, Ala. (WAFF) - The Lincoln-Bridgeforth Park Committee hosted its Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration at Sweet Home Missionary Baptist Church in Athens on Monday to honor the legacy of the civil rights leader. The celebration included an ...

Letter: King would be championing policies that challenge systemic injustice: the passage of the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act to protect democracy, raising Pennsylvania’s minimum wage

This month, as they have for almost forty years, millions of Americans will celebrate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. He was indisputably one of the most iconic

The family of Martin Luther King Jr. has expressed their deep emotional response to President Donald Trump’s recent executive order to declassify federal records related to the assassinations of ...

Bernice King has requested Trump let the family see the files before they are released to the public. President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing the declassification of federal ...

In September 1958, while promoting his first book at a Harlem, New York, bookstore Martin Luther King Jr was stabbed in the chest by a woman with a letter opener. The woman, a housekeeper named ...