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 ...

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, observed on the third Monday of January each year, is a time to honor the life, legacy, and dream of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the most prominent leader of the ...

Civil Rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated ... Temple Church and was killed the next day. James Earl Ray was convicted of King's murder in 1969 after entering a guilty plea ...