Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Snow rests on the shoulders of Albany's Martin Luther King Jr. statue. (Will Waldron/Times Union) Several agencies and schools ...

Across the United States, cities, civil rights groups, and various organizations are honoring and remembering Dr. King.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Close-up of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. shown in this photo headshoulders, alone. (Bettmann/Bettmann Archive) Monday ...

On April 4, 1968, civil rights icon died by a sniper’s shot. His legacy did not die with him.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day each year falls on the third Monday in January, creating the first three-day weekend of 2026. The day honors the life of the slain civil rights leader and is the second ...