This year’s recognition of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day marks the 39th anniversary of the national observance of the federal holiday. King, one of the United States’ most prominent figures ...

L–R: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. waves to supporters on August 28, 1963, on the Mall in Washington, D.C., where he delivered his famous “I Have a Dream” speech, which mobilized supporters of ...

Monday, Jan. 20 is Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The federal holiday is set aside each year to recognize and honor civil rights ...

In 1983, about 20 years after King’s “I Have a Dream” speech, legislation for a Martin Luther King Jr. Day on the third Monday of January cleared Congress and President Ronald Reagan signed it.

In some ways it’s a sick irony – the juxtaposition of Trump being inaugurated on Monday, the same day we celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. King was a champion for civil and human rights.

Get to know Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King's kids, including what they're doing now, how old they are, and how they're honoring their parents' legacy.

Many carried placards bearing that slogan. King traveled to Memphis that year to lead a march and was assassinated the day before on April 4, 1968. "Clayborn is more than a historic building.

Martin Luther King Jr. often spoke of creating “the beloved community,” a society in which “men can live together without fear,” as he wrote in a 1966 essay.

Observed for the first time in 1986, Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a federal holiday that annually occupies the third Monday of January, to create a three-day weekend that is close to King's ...

Despite being a revered leader of the civil rights movement, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was actually conflict avoidant, says biographer Jonathan Eig. In an interview published by NPR’s Book of ...