Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a U.S. holiday and national day of ... It was first proposed four days after King's 1968 assassination outside a Memphis motel, but took 15 years to become a federal ...

Three teens have been sentenced to six months of incarceration and five years of probation for severely injuring a ...

But I want you to know tonight, that we, as a people, will get to the promised land!” With these words, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. built a crescendo to his final speech on April 3, 1968.

A federal judge is weighing a request from the Trump administration to unseal records of the FBI’s surveillance of Martin Luther King Jr. — files that the civil rights leader’s relatives want to keep ...

President Barack Obama moved the Martin Luther King Jr. bust into the Oval Office in 2009. Trump kept it during his first term but now it's gone.

Note: Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birth home is also on-site, but it is closed through November 2025 for refurbishment. Most agree a trip to Atlanta must include time spent at this historical park.

Gosha, Pastor and founder of Living Word Church in San Angelo, was joined by other speakers, singers, and musicians Monday, Jan. 17, 2022, during the annual noon service by the Martin Luther King ...

Judge Considers Early Release of Martin Luther King Jr. Assassination Documents The materials are scheduled to be unsealed in 2027, but President Trump signed an executive order in January aimed ...

A deadly shooting occurred around 8:10 p.m. on Martin Luther King Jr. Drive SW in northwest Atlanta. The victim, a man found unresponsive with a gunshot wound, was pronounced dead at the scene.

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