King III explores his complicated relationship with his father's legend in 'What Is My Legacy?: Realizing a New Dream of ...

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The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his iconic “I Have a Dream” speech in 1963 on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. He ...

The couple’s new podcast and book challenge the idea of legacy as an endpoint—instead, it’s a daily practice of action and ...

Martin Luther King Day is the celebration of the civil rights activist's birthday that falls in January. However, the federal ...

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 ...

Our community leaders to whom we owe a deep debt of gratitude for working hard in the face of enormous obstacles to do the ...

The federal government shuts down on the third Monday of every January for the day to honor Martin Luther ... first came to national prominence during the 1955 Montgomery bus boycott in Alabama ...

Martin Luther ... that Martin Luther King Jr. Day became federally recognized in 1983, when President Ronald Reagan signed it into law. The holiday was observed for the first time three years ...

The first holiday of the year was just a couple of weeks ago, with banks and big retailers closed on New Year’s Day. Now, Martin Luther King Jr. Day is here — and it happens to coincide with President ...

The U.S. is marking Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the federal holiday set aside ... the population in Mississippi and 27% in Alabama. King first rose to prominence in the 1950s as the leader of ...

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.