Arizona was one of the last states to recognize Martin Luther King Jr. Day as a holiday and the only state that required a public vote to do so.

Arizona didn't celebrate Martin Luther King Day until 1993, a decade after it became a federal holiday. Here's how the Super Bowl played a role.

It took a long and contentious fight to make Martin Luther King Jr. Day a state holiday in Arizona. The big picture: The movement to carve out a day to honor King began shortly after his 1968 assassination.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is recognized across the nation, both as a state and national holiday, on the civil rights activist’s birthday, Jan. 20. The day serves as an

Arizona was one of the last states to recognize Martin Luther King Jr. Day as a holiday ... order from former Gov. Bruce Babbitt that would have made MLK Day an Arizona holiday.

As Martin Luther King Jr. Day lands on Inauguration Day this year, Boston area organizations and leaders are planning a slew of activities to mark the holiday on Monday.

Our community leaders to whom we owe a deep debt of gratitude for working hard in the face of enormous obstacles to do the right thing and fight human injustice. Folks who have brought about

January 20 marks Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the federal holiday that honors the life and legacy of the American civil rights icon who was assassinated in 1968. The holiday didn’t come ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is celebrated this year on Monday ... The Time is Now." Rev. Dr. F. Bruce Williams, senior pastor at Bates Memorial Baptist Church, is the guest speaker.

I'd never had a white person talk to me like that,' Warren Stewart Sr. says, recalling the late Gov. Evan Mecham and the Arizona battle over MLK Day.

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