Bernice King's work is focused on continuing to promote her parents' legacy of nonviolent social change through policy, ...

Read full article: Hundreds turn out for Jacksonville’s belated Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Grand Parade The legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. will be celebrated in Jacksonville during ...

When a federal holiday honoring Martin Luther King Jr. was adopted in the 1980s, Mississippi and Alabama lawmakers opted to add it to an existing holiday honoring Lee. Many states in the South ...

Actor and director David Oyelowo shared his thoughts about playing Martin Luther King Jr. in the 2014 historical drama Selma. On April 17, 2025, the actor sat down on the Breakfast Club Power 105.

State offices, including state courts, in Alabama are closed today for a holiday, though it’s not one most places celebrate.

Attempts to remove the holiday and replace it with Juneteenth have been unsuccessful. Mississippi also celebrates Robert E. Lee Day on the same day as Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Mississippi will ...

South Carolina is one of only four states to observe the day as a state holiday, celebrating the lives of soldiers who fought ...

The legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is one we honor and celebrate ... In accordance with the Uniform Monday Holiday Act, which declared certain federal holidays must fall on the same Monday ...

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 ...

ALABAMA (WHNT) — The fourth Monday in April is a state-recognized holiday, meaning state offices and courts are closed. Today ...

A TLANTA (AP) — As the holiday honoring slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. approaches, his daughter is urging people to really focus on his teachings and work throughout the coming ...