Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Martin Luther King Jr. Day is the federal holiday honoring slain Civil Rights leader. Two U.S. states, including Mississippi, also ...

While most of the U.S. observes Martin Luther King Jr. Day, two states also recognize Robert E. Lee with a combined state holiday. Is AL one of them?

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Martin Luther King Jr. Day is here. The holiday is held near the slain civil rights leader’s birthday on Jan. 15, 1929, each year.

But alongside honors for the slain civil rights leader is recognition for Civil War general Robert E. Lee. Alabama and Mississippi are the only states that combine King and Lee in the same holiday. In ...

People across the country are honoring the late civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday with his daughter Bernice King describing the holiday as a "saving grace" amid deep political ...

In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the St. Andrew’s Lower School held a special big chapel service. The Rt. Rev. Dorothy Wells, current bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Mississippi,  led the ...

In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Entergy joined forces with Louisiana Blue, Healthy Blue, the Pack Shack, and Extra ...

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

Martin Luther King Jr. and John Lewis can both be seen on the right side of the frame. The following feature is excerpted from LIFE Martin Luther King Jr.: 50 Years Later. I was 15 the first time I ...