In 1983, about 20 years after King’s “I Have a Dream” speech, legislation for a Martin Luther King Jr. Day on the third Monday of January cleared Congress and President Ronald Reagan signed it.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebrations kicked off Monday at King's former congregation in Atlanta with a 70-member choir's rendition of Hallelujah and stern words from his youngest daughter ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a U.S. holiday and national day of service. It took a long time for the country to get there. It was first proposed four days after King's 1968 assassination outside ...

The Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial is seen with the Washington Monument, during the 9th Annual Wreath Laying and Day of Reflection and Reconciliation, in Washington, Monday, Jan.20, 2020.

Gosha, Pastor and founder of Living Word Church in San Angelo, was joined by other speakers, singers, and musicians Monday, Jan. 17, 2022, during the annual noon service by the Martin Luther King ...

This story originally appeared in the Winston-Salem Journal on Oct. 12, 1962, the day after the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. spoke at what was then Wake Forest College. The ...

Former University of Kansas men’s basketball player Nolen Ellison, a two-time all-Big Eight first team selection, died on June 12, Kansas Athletics reported Tuesday. He was 83-years-old.

President Barack Obama moved the Martin Luther King Jr. bust into the Oval Office in 2009. Trump kept it during his first term but now it's gone.

Since he was elected again, Donald Trump has shared many "presidential" moments with his family. Barron Trump sightings, ...

In two days we will also celebrate Juneteenth. On June 19, 1865, slaves in Texas were finally given notice that they had been freed by the Emancipation Proclamation that was issued Sept. 22, 1862. It ...

FILE – Civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. displays pictures of three civil rights workers, who were slain in Mississippi the summer before, from left Michael Schwerner, James Chaney, and ...