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 ...

“A nation can be considered great when it defends liberty as Lincoln did, when it fosters a culture which enables people to ‘dream’ of full rights for all their brothers and sisters, as Martin Luther ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the third Monday in January, became federally recognized in 1983 when President Ronald Reagan signed it into law.

Arielle Gray's grandfather — then a teenager — joined the march to the Common led by King drawing attention to the racial ...

Raphael Warnock and the Rev. Dr. Bernice King told Channel 2’s ... Warnock is the head of the historic church where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. preached -- Ebenezer Baptist Church.

The King Center and voting rights advocacy group Black Voters Matter are uniting to influence a new generation of activists.

"We join all Georgians and those around the world mourning the loss of Pope Francis," Gov. Brian Kemp posted on X. "His heart ...

the daughter of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. asked him a question. “I leaned in to ask him was there anything I could do for him,” Bernice King recalled. The pontiff looked at her and whispered ...