Days after King's assassination, legislation was drafted to have Martin Luther King Jr. Day, but it would be another 15 years before King was recognized with a day and even longer for all of the ...

The Trump administration on Monday released a trove of documents related to the April 1968 assassination of civil rights icon ...

Coretta Scott King, wife of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., leads a silent memorial march in her husband's memory, April 8, 1968, following his assassination in Memphis, Tenn.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day became a federal holiday in 1983, and was first observed on Jan. 20, 1986. It's observed on the third Monday in January, which is around King's actual birthday on Jan. 15.