South Carolina is one of only four states to observe the day as a state holiday, celebrating the lives of soldiers who fought to preserve slavery.

As a teenager growing up in Boston, Wayne Lucas vividly remembers joining about 20,000 people to hear the Rev. Martin Luther ...

Robert F. Kennedy Martin Luther King Jr (File photos) Despite releasing millions of pages over recent decades regarding President Kennedy's assassination, the National Archives had retained ...

ATLANTA (AP) — As the holiday honoring slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. approaches, his daughter is urging people to really focus on his teachings and work throughout the coming year, ...

which declared certain federal holidays must fall on the same Monday every year regardless of the date change, MLK day was set to every third Monday of January. The Act was signed in 1968 by then ...

Many remember that day, and they say they won’t let his work be in vain or his legacy die. Rev. Dr. E.T. Caviness, Senior Pastor of The Greater Abyssinia Baptist Church. “That was a day, as ...

(WNDU) - The City of South Bend is keeping the dreams of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. alive, and dreaming big in the process. The city has traditionally honored Dr. King on his national holiday in ...

Michelle Keegan and Mark Wright have shared photos from their “special” first holiday with their baby daughter, Palma. The Our Girl actress, 37, and former TOWIE star, 38, welcomed their first child ...

Later, they would form the Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Committee to celebrate his Jan. 15 birthday, and then the federal holiday in his honor. The committee was also responsible for a life-size ...

And 20 per cent of adults say they still look through their old holiday photos regularly. The majority of holidaymakers (61 per cent) also say their holiday snaps are 'more special' if they've ...

Leah Weber on Monday had a short but touching tribute to her husband, Dexter Scott King, son of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.