It was first proposed four days after King's 1968 assassination outside a Memphis motel. It took 15 years until it became a ...

“With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive ...

In his 28 years leading the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Youth Rally ... a walk from the Capitol to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s City Campus. Out of all the people walking alongside ...

The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum will celebrate Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy on Monday, Jan. 20, by ...

Visitors participated in a number of activities, such as a scavenger hunt, and a special viewing of Dr. King's famous "I have ...

Family and others carrying on Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy of equality, justice and nonviolent protest want Americans to ...

On the third Monday of January — close to King's Jan. 15 birthday — federal, state and local governments, institutions and various industries recognize Martin Luther King Jr. Day. For some ...

The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his iconic “I Have a Dream” speech in 1963 on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. He chose that location in part to honor President Abraham Lincoln as “a ...

FILE - Passengers depart the Caltrain Norcal MLK Celebration Train in San Francisco on Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday, Jan. 15, 2024. (Benjamin Fanjoy/San Francisco Chronicle via AP, File ...