When Martin Luther King Jr.‘s birthday and holiday roll around each year, one thing I love to see are photos of Dr. King simply living his life with joy. Playing pool. Sharing a laugh. We know ...

With his son Martin Luther III standing next to him, King pulls up a cross that had been burned on the front lawn of his home in April 1960. Bettmann Archive/Getty Images ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is an important federal holiday celebrating the civil rights leader's life and legacy. But will mail services run as normal? By Tom Fish On 1/16/22 at 7:00 AM EST ...

Even then, Martin Luther King Jr. Day was met with strong resistance from some states; it wasn’t until 2000 that all 50 states recognized King’s birthday as a federal holiday.

Days after King's assassination, legislation was drafted to have Martin Luther King Jr. Day, but it would be another 15 years before King was recognized with a day and even longer for all of the ...

In 1988, then Annapolis alderman Carl Snowden put together The Martin Luther King, Jr. Committee of Maryland. Among its chief purposes, to honor those who kept King’s legacy alive with their own ...