Every year around this time, I find myself reflecting on my father's dream for our country—a profound vision for justice, ...
The life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. will once again be celebrated and honored Monday in events around the ...
It was first proposed four days after King's 1968 assassination outside a Memphis motel. It took 15 years until it became a ...
Family and others carrying on Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy of equality, justice and nonviolent protest want Americans to ...
On the third Monday of January — close to King’s Jan. 15 birthday — federal, state and local governments, institutions and various industries recognize Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
(AP Photo/Richard Vogel) Passengers depart the Caltrain Norcal MLK Celebration Train in San Francisco on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Jan. 15 ... Then in 1987, Gov. Evan Mecham rescinded his ...
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 ...