COLORADO SPRINGS — As the first Christian church for people of color in Colorado Springs, Payne Chapel African Methodist ... and then became free.” Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. also recognized ...

Every year on MLK ... national day of service in which all Americans are encouraged to volunteer to improve their communities, according to the Smithsonian National Museum of African American ...

On Saturday, groups filled Centennial Christian Church in Fountain Park for the 7th Annual MLK 2025 Holiday Observance ... The series of events, part of the African American History Initiative ...

She is a graduate of Texas Christian ... Martin Luther King Jr. MLK Day is also the only federal holiday also classified as a national day of service, according to the National Museum of African ...

DECATUR — The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. would have turned 95 on ... whose work was displayed alongside adult African-American artists. The Rev. Joshua Smith, pastor of Grace Baptist ...

Hill of Community Christian ... first African American appointed U.S. District judge in Kansas. Volunteers with City Year, an AmeriCorps group focused on education, will host their MLK Day of ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is just as much a Detroit holiday ... becoming the longest serving African American member in Congress ever. Rosa Parks worked in Conyers’ office from 1965 until ...

This year, Martin Luther King Jr. Day falls on Monday ... According to the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Conyers and the Congressional Black Caucus ...

The church is hosting the 38th edition of its Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration today at ... GFCC is the largest predominantly African-American church in MetroWest with a congregation ...