While it is now a time-honored tradition, the establishment of the holiday had a prolonged, difficult path to acceptance.

The memory and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. will be celebrated on Monday, Jan. 20 — the official national holiday — and ...

In Tallahassee, which has a big chapter in the Civil Rights Movement (Google “Tallahassee Bus Boycotts” to learn more), the ...

Martin Luther King, Jr. on his national holiday on Monday can take part in local MLK Day events. Utica City School ...

King’s life of being a servant, leader, a drum major for justice and a voice for those who are voiceless has always been my ...

So respected was this great American that MLK Jr. delivered the invocation at his funeral, and Supreme Court Justice Thurgood ...

With Oyelowo joined by equally fine actors, including Tom Wilkinson as President Lyndon B. Johnson, Tim Roth as George Wallace, Carmen Ejogo as Coretta Scott King, and Common as James Bevel, "Selma" ...

Rev. Isaac Holt says it’s an honor to welcome President Joe Biden for his second visit to Royal Missionary Baptist Church in ...

Two local organizations will hold events next week to honor the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday.  The Seneca River Baptist ...

Americans of all races and religions mark the observance of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. We think there can be no better way to remember his legacy than by offering the text of the speech he ...

Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke at Grosse Pointe South High School in an affluent Detroit, Michigan suburb. The title of his talk was “The Other America.” It also said he gave the same ...

The civil rights icon had visited Temple Beth-El in 1967 and delivered a speech in which he denounced inequality, violence on ...