Both were arrested and placed in solitary confinement. There, MLK penned his famously stirring letter defending African-American resistance. Explore Subscribe Newsletters Content Licensing Our Par ...

On Monday, Jan. 16, Americans observe Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a federal holiday honoring ... Sign up Conyers and the CBC were not the only groups working on getting the holiday recognized ...

He also is the only non-president with a memorial on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. And Martin Luther King Jr. Day is the only ... where he wrote the "Letter From a Birmingham Jail" that ...

It is the only federal holiday with such a designation. Why is this holiday a service day? "The MLK Day of Service is a way to transform Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s life and teachings into ...

There, MLK penned his famously stirring letter defending African-American resistance. In 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. and Ralph Abernathy led a march through the streets of Birmingham, Alabama.