Federal troops in American cities have historical precedent, from President George H.W. Bush's response to Rodney King riots ...

Dyson, Mayor Brandon Johnson ... remembered the legacy of King, they urged the audience to be inspired by his work and continue it in their own lives. “Martin Luther King Jr. told the truth ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is celebrated annually on ... Five months after the historic peaceful protest, President Johnson signed the 1965 Voting Rights Act. "I Have a Dream" and Other Famous ...

Following in his father's footsteps, Martin Luther King III became a human rights activist, fighting against the plagues of racism, militarism and poverty. He served as president of the Southern ...

He has a dedicated partner in his wife, Arndrea Waters King, president of the Drum Major Institute, a nonprofit founded by Martin Luther King Jr. in 1961. The pair launched the Realize the Dream ...

The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his iconic “I Have a Dream” speech in 1963 on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. He chose that location in part to honor President Abraham Lincoln as “a ...

Now, Martin Luther King Jr. Day is here — and it happens to coincide with President-elect Donald Trump’s Inauguration Day. What’s opened and what’s closed? Is MLK Day a national holiday?

In August as he ran for president a third time, Donald Trump compared his crowd size on Jan. 6, 2021 to the throngs who gathered to hear Martin Luther King Jr.'s iconic speech. Instead of ...

In 1983, President Ronald Reagan signed legislation creating a federal holiday to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. About five years after the first observation of this holiday, the Utah Martin ...

President Donald Trump’s second-term inauguration on January 20, 2025, will coincide with Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a time to honor the civil rights leader’s legacy. While King and Trump may ...

That was in 1997, when Bill Clinton took the oath of office for his second term as the 42nd president of the United States. Martin Luther King III, the late civil rights leader's son and a ...