Turner Classic Movies honors civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. ’s legacy all day on Martin Luther King Jr. Day (Monday January 20) with 24 hours’ worth of films dealing with racism and the ...

The contrast of orange and blue in Baton Rouge's City Plaza monument could be one of the best testaments to Martin Luther ...

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

Martin Luther King, Jr. (January 15, 1929-April 4, 1968) was one of the most prominent leaders of America's Civil Rights ...

Darrell Davis, a Roanoke native and vice president of enterprise business transformation for the Sinclair Broadcast Group, ...

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

Though the holiday is young, this will only be the 25th year that all 50 states recognize it together. Here's what's open and ...

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 ...

Martin Luther King Jr. spent his final days protesting the hazardous work conditions suffered by black sanitation workers in Memphis. A shadow of this problem continues today, manifesting in ...

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 ...