As the U.S. comes together to celebrate his life and legacy on Monday, Jan. 15, 2024, for Martin Luther King Jr. Day, TIME has compiled a number of lesser-known facts about the man whose unwavering ...

When Was Martin Luther King Jr. Born? Martin Luther King Jr. was born January 15, 1929, in Atlanta. Originally, his name was Michael Luther King Jr. after his father. Michael Sr. eventually adopted ...

Today's picture of the day, that was captured by late AP photographer Charles Kelly, shows Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. flanked by other civil rights leaders. The image was taken just a day before King ...

Martin Luther King Jr. speaks at a conference. His legacy was celebrated on the BYU campus. (Public Domain) Monday, Jan. 19, is a national holiday, Martin Luther King Jr. Day; a day set aside and ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, people across the country celebrated the life of the civil rights leader with tributes, acts of service, and parades. In Waikiki, thousands ...

Howard Godfrey, The Musical Offering’s composer, typically writes musical theater works. But when the community music school’s artistic director, Rick Ferguson, approached him to write an orchestral ...

Rev. Jesse Jackson was at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis on April 4, 1968, when Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated there.

In the year since Donald Trump’s second inauguration fell on King Day, the Republican president has gone scorched earth ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a federal and Michigan state holiday celebrating one of the most famous civil rights icons, falls on ...

Rev. Jesse Jackson, a pivotal civil rights leader who fought alongside Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and ran for president, has ...

Known as the “godmother of civil rights,” Dorothy Height fought not just for racial justice but for women’s equality.

Who Was Martin Luther King Jr? Martin Luther King Jr. was a Baptist minister and civil rights activist who had a seismic impact on race relations in the United States, beginning in the mid-1950s.