The two leaders had radically opposing but important approaches to the fight for equality, rights and justice for Black ...

Martin Luther King Jr.’s Life of Struggle Outside the South, is a major reexamination of the civil rights leader that offers ...

A fire that severely damaged a historic Black church that served as the headquarters for a 1968 sanitation workers’ strike, ...

But, it was without the backing of the civil rights groups because it also allowed for a Confederate Memorial Day. Martin Luther King Jr. Day's reach has only grown in its 42 years. It's the only ...

Several foundations have donated $1.5 million to help rebuild after arson gutted a historic Black church that played an ...

GARY — City leadership on Friday welcomed Bernice King, the youngest daughter of civil rights leader Martin ... Reagan in 1983 to make Martin Luther King Jr. Day a federal holiday.

TAMPA, Fla. — Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebrates the memory of Dr. King and his achievements as a civil rights leader. The holiday is observed annually on the third Monday of January and ...