BOSTON (WHDH) - Governor Maura Healey and Lieutenant Governor Kim Driscoll attended the annual Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK) breakfast in Boston Monday.The Federal Holiday Read More Skip to content ...

As Martin Luther King Jr. Day lands on Inauguration Day this year, Boston area organizations and leaders are planning a slew of activities to mark the holiday on Monday.

BOSTON - All the way back in April of 1965, sisters Glynnette and Beverly Byron marched hand in hand toward the Boston Common, part of a march against segregation led by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Inspired by Martin Luther King Jr.'s 1962 speech, a Boston University event will explore "The Darkness at Midnight" during its annual MLK Jr. celebration.

On April 23, 1965, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. led the Freedom Rally in Boston. More than 20,000 people marched from Roxbury to the Boston Common to protest racial inequality. Load YouTube video On ...

Events honoring Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy and advocating for his vision of a just, nonviolent society will occur the same day as Donald Trump’s second presidential inauguration.

Massachusetts residents enjoy sledding, snowshoeing on MLK Day 01:49. WELLESLEY - Children across Massachusetts were thrilled to go sledding when they woke up on Martin Luther King Jr. Day to a ...

Martin Luther King (MLK) Jr. Day 2025 marks the holiday’s 40th observance. The theme, “Mission Possible: Protecting Freedom, Justice, and Democracy in the Spirit of Nonviolence 365,” is ...

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a man of revelation who fought tirelessly and endlessly for the rights of African Americans all over the country. Born in Atlanta, Georgia in 1929, Dr. King was ...

Martin Luther King Jr. didn’t originally set out to become a civil rights activist, according to his biographer.. On a Jan. 3 episode of NPR’s Book of the Day podcast, Jonathan Eig, author of ...

On the 57th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination, we remember not only his iconic speeches but the depth and radicalism of his work. Often sanitized in mainstream memory ...