Katie Hall passed Congress and was signed into law by former Republican President Richard Nixon in 1983 to make Martin Luther King Jr. Day a federal holiday. Bernice King interned in Hall's office ...

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

Martin Luther King III, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu and Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley spoke at the 60th anniversary of Martin ...

Arielle Gray's grandfather — then a teenager — joined the march to the Common led by King drawing attention to the racial ...

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 ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the third Monday in January, became federally recognized in 1983 when President Ronald Reagan signed it into law.

Faith leaders, civil rights advocates, and politicians gathered at the Boston Common on Saturday afternoon to honor the 60th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr ... Louise Day Hicks, a prominent ...

Mississippi honors those who fought for the Confederacy against the United States in the Civil War. Who tried to drop the ...

(AP) — A historic Black church in downtown Memphis that was the organizing point for Martin Luther King Jr.’s final campaign ... Karen Read retrial, Day 8: Jen McCabe’s text messages and ...

Actor and director David Oyelowo shared his thoughts about playing Martin Luther King Jr. in the 2014 historical ... the artistry of what we do. Daniel Day-Lewis is never having to feel that ...