Martin Luther King Jr. leads the Walk to Freedom through downtown Detroit on June 23, 1963. MLK Day will be observed on Jan. 20. Bettmann Archive The first holiday of the year was just a couple of ...

Every year we honor the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. in January. Here's everything you need to know about the holiday.

Only once before since it became a federal holiday has Martin Luther King Jr. Day fallen on the same day as a presidential inauguration. That was in 1997, when Bill Clinton took the oath of office ...

Democratic state Rep. Dan K. Williams was the keynote speaker for NAACP Lancaster Branch’s 45th annual Martin Luther King Jr. celebration service Sunday at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in ...

Suzette Hackney talked with Martin Luther King III about the convergence of Inauguration Day with the day of service that honors his father.

“I’m just glad it happened that way, that it’s not a day ... Martin Luther King Jr. during the signing of the Voting Rights Act on Aug. 6, 1965, in Washington, D.C. (Washington Bureau/Getty ...

The 2025 MLK Day Beloved Community Commemorative Service ... (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images) Martin Luther King, Jr. was born in Atlanta in 1929, but his family's deep roots in the state began ...

Many communities around Houston will be celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. MLK Day is a federal holiday and is observed on the third Monday of January each year. The significance of the day is ...

Martin Luther King Day is the celebration of the civil rights activist's birthday that falls in January. However, the federal holiday is not celebrated on Martin Luther King Jr.'s actual birthday ...

INDIANAPOLIS — Martin Luther King Jr. Day is upon us and there are a flurry ... of the “Movement for the Peace.” (AFP/Getty Images) Ice Skating at Elevance Health Rink at Bicentennial ...

Martin Luther King Jr. was a mega-force for the Civil Rights movement — a prolific speaker whose talent for oration and passion for equal rights for all resonates to this day At home ...