KINGSPORT, Tenn. (WJHL) — Kingsport hosted its 25th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day March on Saturday, commemorating the first march in the city after King’s assassination 57 years ago.

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 ...

Mississippi also celebrates Robert E. Lee Day on the same day as Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Alabama is the only other state that combines the Robert E. Lee and Martin Luther King Jr. holidays.

In 2005, the city officially began observing the date as Emancipation Day. In 1912 ... In 1963, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. wrote "Letter from Birmingham Jail" while imprisoned in Alabama ...

In accordance with the Uniform Monday Holiday Act, which declared certain federal holidays must fall on the same Monday every year regardless of the date change, MLK day was set to every third ...

King's son said he never thought racism would still be around and on the rise like it is today, as rally-goers urged activism ...

Sixty years after the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. led a rally protesting housing discrimination and segregated schools in ...

As a Black teenager growing up in Boston, Wayne Lucas vividly remembers joining about 20,000 people to hear the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. speak ... on a rainy and windy day, conditions similar ...

Bob Martin is the new boys basketball coach at Calvary Day School, replacing Scepter Brownlee. Martin has over 30 years of coaching experience, most recently leading Pickens to a 28-2 record.

Tax Day is coming this week and restaurant chains across the country are offering customers freebies and discounts to celebrate the occasion. Whether you've already filed your taxes and are ...