In Focus: Martin Luther King Jr. Day. ... Standing at the Lincoln Memorial, he emphasized his belief that someday all men could be brothers to the 250,000-strong crowd.

In 2025, Martin Luther King Jr. Day also happens to coincide with Inauguration Day, a rare occurrence that last happened in 1997, when President Bill Clinton took the oath of office.

With Martin Luther King Jr. Day being on Jan. 20, ... he stood before an estimated 25,000 people who had gathered at the Lincoln Memorial for the 1957 Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom.

The peaceful protest culminated with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. standing on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial and delivering a stirring speech that would forever change America.

Martin Luther King Jr Memorial, portrait of the civil rights leader carved in granite, dedicated by President Barack Obama in 2011. | Shutterstock Martin Luther King (MLK) Jr. Day 2025 marks the ...

The "Stone of Hope" sculpture is seen at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial in Washington, DC, on Jan. 14, 2024. MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images ...

The second of two defendants charged with taking parts of the Martin Luther King Jr. memorial in Denver’s City Park pleaded guilty and was sentenced Friday to jail and three years’ probation.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., who was on a tour of the South to recruit volunteers for his "Poor People's Campaign", spoke to an overflow crowd at Mason Temple March 18, 1968.

The 30th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Youth Rally will kick off Sunday at 5 p.m. at UNL's Nebraska Union.

Across the Triad, North Carolinians are remembering Martin Luther King Jr.The city of Greensboro held its annual memorial breakfast, an event it has put on every year since the holiday’s ...

34th Annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Prayer Service Guest speaker for the Archdiocese of Milwaukee’s 34th Annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Prayer Service will be ...