For this Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, it's the students who are offering lessons. Long Island young people submitted artwork and essays honoring the civil rights giant for the state's Dr ...

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. speaks to 25,000 marchers in Montgomery, Ala., at the conclusion of a march from Selma to Montgomery on March 25, 1965.

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.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is Jan. 20, representing a time to remember the legacy of America’s famous Civil Rights leader and give back to the community.