Texas officially recognized MLK Day in 1991. Today, it remains the only federal holiday designated as a national day of ...
Jonathan Eig is the author of “King: A Life,” winner of the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for biography. The Martin Luther King Jr. federal holiday ... sought to do away with affirmative action and ...
Every year the nation pauses, reflects and commemorates the impact and legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. In truth, King's life was very complex.
What role did music play in getting Martin Luther King Jr. Day to become a holiday? According to the National Constitution Center, in 1981, Stevie Wonder released "Happy Birthday to You," ...
It has been a chilly Martin Luther King Day here on the South Plains, but that did not stop the students at Texas Tech ...