Only once before since it became a federal holiday has Martin Luther King Jr. Day fallen on the same day as a presidential inauguration. That was in 1997, when Bill Clinton took the oath of office ...

The name we recognize today as one of the most powerful voices during the Civil Rights Movement, Martin Luther King Jr., was originally not named “Martin Luther.” His father decided to change ...

Martin Luther King Jr. was a prominent activist in the civil rights movement of America, He was one of the central figures of the movement until his death in 1968. In honour of his great ...

Today marks the 30th anniversary of the Martin Luther King Jr. National Day of Service, a day dedicated to honoring the life and legacy of Dr. King, a key figure in the American Civil Rights Movement.

Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Martin Luther King Jr. didn’t originally set out to become a civil rights activist, according to his biographer. On a Jan. 3 episode of NPR’s Book of the ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is an annual federal holiday to honour the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., a very significant figure in the American civil rights movement. The holiday ...

Martin Luther King Jr. spent his final days protesting the hazardous work conditions suffered by black sanitation workers in Memphis. A shadow of this problem continues today, manifesting in ...

Martin Luther King Jr. leads the Walk to Freedom through downtown Detroit on June 23, 1963. MLK Day will be observed on Jan. 20. Bettmann Archive The first holiday of the year was just a couple of ...

The US will honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on MLK Day, recognized as a National Day of Service. King, known for his role in the Civil Rights movement and his advocacy for nonviolence ...

The U.S. is marking Martin Luther King Day, the federal holiday set aside to honor the life of the civil rights icon. But in Alabama and Mississippi, Monday is also Robert E. Lee Day in honor of ...

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Hours after President Donald Trump signed an executive order to declassify documents detailing the FBI’s investigation of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.‘s 1968 assassination, the civil rights ...