Local church leaders and civil rights activists honor Martin Luther King Jr. while looking to the community for future change ...

When Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop” speech April 3, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee, he ...

Today may be the official celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day in the U.S., but Jan. 15 marked the 96th anniversary of his birth. Though King wasn’t yet 40 years old when he was gunned down in ...

Federal and state offices, banks, as well as postal and trash services will be closed or suspended Monday. Here’s what else ...

The dual celebrations of a second Trump inauguration and the civil rights leader’s birth raise profound questions about Black ...

The US never got all answers and hence could never stop speculating about the incidents. The real-life drama percolated into the reel, making it a topic of many a movies, shows and investigative artic ...

As you prepare to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s life and legacy on Monday, the National Civil Rights Museum is inviting ...

What a moment in America, land of irony. Donald Trump returns to the White House on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Two national figures were never more different, an assessment that has much to do with ...

In Harlem, New York, while signing copies of his first book, “Stride Toward Freedom,” Izola Ware Curry stabbed King with a ...

It was first proposed four days after King's 1968 assassination outside a Memphis motel. It took 15 years until it became a ...