Family and others carrying on Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy of equality, justice and nonviolent protest want Americans to ...

For some Black women, the high road led to the nation’s memorial to the civil rights leader.

The resonance of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s final speech, delivered on the eve of his assassination in Memphis, ...

NPR’s ‘Book of the Day’ podcast Martin Luther King Jr. didn’t originally set out to become a civil rights activist, according ...

The most poignant moment in Monday’s Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Program in Killeen was the announcement of the Killeen Youth Council as winners of the 2025 MLK Community Impact ...

What was Martin Luther King Jr.'s childhood like? Discover how his early life and education shaped the Civil Rights leader we ...

Annually, around the time of Monday’s federal holiday, there is a noticeable uptick in education and conversation about the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr., one of the most prominent ...

On Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, the Please Touch Museum honored Dr. King’s legacy with stories and a video that ...

The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his iconic "I Have a Dream" speech in 1963 on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. He chose that location in part to honor President Abraham Lincoln as "a great ...

January 20 marks Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the federal holiday that honors the life and legacy of the American civil rights icon who was assassinated in 1968. The holiday didn’t come ...

1929-1968 In the nearly 40 years that the United States has celebrated Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the national holiday has never coincided with the inauguration of a non-incumbent president. That ...

Every third Monday of January is Martin Luther King Jr. Day, which is a day for honoring the life and legacy of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., who played a key role in the American ...