Along with Mississippi, Alabama also observes the birthdays of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert E. Lee, the Confederate general, on the same day in January. Both states celebrate ...

The preacher and civil rights activist tells us that we can all live and work together to make society a better place.

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 ...

The parade will start at 10 a.m. that day at Raymond Hobbs Street ... The celebration will take place on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive between Alice Street and Walker Street.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is more than just a symbol of the Civil Rights Movement; his legacy is deeply rooted in his ...

For 30 years, a recording of Martin Luther King Jr’s speech at Western Michigan University was lost. Then in 1997, it was ...

King led several nonviolent campaigns in Birmingham, known at the time as "the most segregated city in America." ...

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 ...

The world discovered that Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King helped cover ... find a place for her kids to go to school. “One day Coretta Scott King called my mother and asked if ...

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. knew. King, whose birthday is a national holiday, came dozens of times to Florida. As early as February 1958, King made a rousing speech at Bethel AME Church in Miami to ...

STEUBENVILLE, Ohio — The Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Association Committee has been in communication with the city of Steubenville about putting up honoree signs. Following a unanimous voice vote ...

Montgomerians marched in the footsteps of Martin Luther King Jr. along Dexter Avenue on Monday to honor the civil rights leader in a parade that was delayed nearly a month from MLK Day in January.