Martin Luther King Jr. Day is on Jan. 20 ... When the federal holiday was adopted in the 1980s, Mississippi lawmakers opted to add it to an existing holiday honoring Confederate general Robert ...

Events honoring the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. have been scheduled over the holiday weekend. All events are free unless otherwise indicated.

In a rare happening, the King holiday falls on the same day as the presidential inauguration. Activists vow to continue the fight for civil rights.

Between 1957 and his assassination on April 4, 1968, at age 39, Martin Luther King Jr. gave 2,500 speeches, wrote sermons and homilies and published five books. Meanwhile, the number of books written about King surely number in the thousands.

Events honoring Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy and advocating for his vision of a just, nonviolent society will occur the same day as Donald Trump's second presidential inauguration.

Future college and possibly even professional talent will run up-and-down the hardwood throughout Monday's all-day event at De La Salle including the likely state's career scoring leader

Following the values of Martin Luther King, Jr., the event will celebrate community service, unity and peaceful protest.

Several Minnesota nonprofits, churches, and universities are hosting events on Monday to honor the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. on the federal holiday commemorating his life and legacy. Some of the most popular events have already sold out,

Hundreds of people lined the parade route in Jackson to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Several groups took part in the parade, including several familiar faces of

From the Tulsa World Archive, we share the message that Martin Luther King Jr. delivered in 1960 at First Baptist Church North Tulsa to a capacity crowd.

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