Democratic state Rep. Dan K. Williams was the keynote speaker for NAACP Lancaster Branch’s 45th annual Martin Luther King Jr.

Thousands of volunteers gather with Orange County mayor Jerry Demings and other elected officials for the 2nd Annual MLK Day of Service Million Meal Pack at the Orange County Convention Center ...

Here's a look at the 47th Annual “Original” MLK Jr. Day Parade in photos, captured by Houston Chronicle photojournalists. Parade participants ride on a float waving to the crowd during the ...

Roseshell Sampson, left, Sharon McKinney, center, and Tierney Gaines smile while watching the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade pass by on Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, in Liberty City in Miami ...

and speakers who equated King's message with Christian faith and the idea that God looks at the soul and not the exterior. “I'm here because of what Martin Luther King Jr. has done for me in my ...

Arizona was one of the last states to recognize Martin Luther King Jr. Day as a holiday and the only state that required a public vote to do so. In 1987, Gov. Evan Mecham fulfilled a promise to ...