Martin Luther King Jr., a reverend and civil-rights activist, was assassinated at 39. However, he inspired several movements ...

Long before he pioneered the Civil Rights Movement or won the Nobel Peace Prize, Martin Luther King Jr. spent three of his ...

Alongside Inauguration Day, is Martin Luther King Jr. Day, where the former American leader and civil rights activist is ...

On the third Monday of the month, federal, state and local governments, institutions and various industries recognize Martin ...

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

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 ...

President Trump signed an executive order to declassify any remaining documents related to the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., by James Earl Ray. The announcement came Thursday ...

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 ...

Hours after President Donald Trump signed an executive order to declassify documents detailing the FBI’s investigation of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.‘s 1968 assassination, the civil rights ...