It was first proposed four days after King's 1968 assassination outside a Memphis motel. It took 15 years until it became a ...

Efforts focused on fulfilling the goal set by Congress in 1994 of making the holiday a “day on, not a day off.” ...

Churches across the United States will be holding events and volunteer service opportunities to mark Martin Luther King Jr ...

The Pentagon’s intelligence agency has put on hold observances of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Juneteenth, Holocaust Days of ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day has become synonymous with a day of service in honor of King's legacy, and several projects got ...

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 ...

Here are a list of events that honor civil rights icon Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and his legacy, in and around Baltimore.

Nearly 900 Stockton University volunteers completed service projects Monday in memory of the late civil rights leader the Rev ...

“I’d like somebody to mention that day that Martin Luther King, Jr., tried to give his life serving others." King was shot at 6:05 p.m. on April 4, 1968, on the second-floor balcony of the ...

“DIA will pause all activities and events related to ... observances” hosted throughout the year. While Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Juneteenth were included, the memo said the change ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day has become synonymous with a day of service, and several projects got underway Monday across ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day was marked by service projects, events at the Queen Mary and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and a Mass at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels Efforts to fulfill the ...