Civil Rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee on April 4, 1968. King was a tireless advocate for equality and is best known for his message of peaceful ...

Monday, Jan. 20 is set aside to mark the birthday of slain civil rights leader Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. MLK Day 2025 coincides with the inauguration of President Donald Trump, who will be sworn ...

King's birthday was Jan. 15 ... The New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq are closed for Martin Luther King Jr. Day each year, according to the stock market schedules. More from Axios: Get the ...

Later, they would form the Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Committee to celebrate his Jan. 15 birthday, and then the federal holiday in his honor. The committee was also responsible for a life-size ...

The Marcus Performing Arts Center will hold its annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Celebration, which will highlight community youth who interpret King's words through art, speech ...

Sunday marks the 94th birthday of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Monday is the federal holiday honoring him. Since the 1990s, Martin Luther King Jr. Day has been a day of civic ...

Editor’s note: This story was originally published in 2018 for the 50th anniversary of the Martin Luther King Jr.

This is the latest on a 2020 promise from Trump to display 250 statues of John Adams, Clara Barton, Orville and Wilbur Wright, Martin Luther King Jr., and more.

I think my father and mother would challenge us to be a better America because we can become that. It starts with something ...

The first time the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. rocked me was when I was a 16 ... and I’d committed the crimes a month after my 16th birthday. As a teenage boy in prison, I understood ...

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was killed almost 60 years ago Friday. Here is a quick look into his life and remarkable legacy.