Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a U.S. holiday and national day of service. It took a long time for the country to get there It was first proposed four days after King's 1968 assassination outside a ...

Eig said the “watering down” of King’s radical message is intentional, noting that King’s close friend Harry Belafonte believed the national holiday was designed to destroy King’s power — the holiday ...

The City of Milton has rescheduled its Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade and celebration. City officials originally canceled the parade because of extremely cold weather, but they decided to ...

The Fort Worth Martin Luther King Jr. Day in North Texas was previously rescheduled because of weather. Republicans try to go it alone on government funding as shutdown deadline nears ...

Led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., between 3,000 and 8,000 marchers crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge out of Selma on their ...

I think everybody has to start looking at language,” says the daughter of Martin Luther King Jr. “It doesn’t mean you have to go do away with your core mission, but you’re going to have to wordsmith ...

Historian Vicki Crawford was one of the first scholars to focus on women’s roles in the civil rights movement. Her 1993 book, ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- ABC7 presented the 40th Annual Kingdom Day Parade on Monday, celebrating the dream and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The event was moved to February because of ...

Note: Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birth home is also on-site ... According to the National Park Service, it's best to visit early in the day. Also, remember to wear comfy shoes since the entire ...

Next door the old B&B Paint Building is being salvaged board by board by Repurpose Savannah after falling into disrepair. Soon comes imposing pillars of concrete: the Interstate 16 flyover, which ...

MLK Day falls on the third Monday of every January, and most banks observe the holiday. Here's what you can do if you have banking tasks to complete.