The wait is now over, and East Cleveland made sure to give people like Shirley Oldham a warm welcome back on Friday during ...

The wait is now over, and East Cleveland made sure to give people like Shirley Oldham a warm welcome back on Friday during its grand reopening celebration of the Martin Luther King Jr. Civic Center.

has received a $30,000 grant that will support an annual gathering celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.; two annual Black History Celebrations; the branch's Unsung Heroes Project; and ...

“When the current administration took office, I was struck by the parallels between what was happening in the 1770s and ...

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 ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the third Monday in January, became federally recognized in 1983 when President Ronald Reagan signed it into law.

So when she found herself in the Vatican on March 12, 2018, in a private, quiet moment with Pope Francis, the daughter of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. asked ... an ecumenical celebration in New ...

Actor and director David Oyelowo shared his thoughts about playing Martin Luther King Jr. in the 2014 historical ... the artistry of what we do. Daniel Day-Lewis is never having to feel that ...

It was through Freedom House that he learned Martin Luther King, Jr. was coming to town in April ... lack of affordable housing and income inequality. Louise Day Hicks, then the chair of the ...

In 2005, the city officially began observing the date as Emancipation Day. In 1912 ... In 1963, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. wrote "Letter from Birmingham Jail" while imprisoned in Alabama ...