A new documentary from Stevie Wonder will explore his role in establishing Martin Luther King Jr. Day as a federal holiday.

Five free events are happening in Marion this week including the Marion Black Joy Summerfest and a Pride picnic. The Stand By ...

The Walk to the River was first initiated by Mayor Van Johnson in 2024 to commemorate the holiday, and this year turnout for the event grew in size.

Hundreds of people form a human banner at San Francisco's Ocean Beach during the ... Party Rally’ was organized after the march to Mar-a-Lago, WPTV reported. Martin Luther King III, the eldest son of ...

On a rainy day in late April 1965, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. stood on the Boston Common bandstand and addressed a crowd of 20,000 people who had marched with him from Roxbury. Sixty years later — on ...

Martin O’Malley — standing atop a planter Saturday outside the Social Security headquarters, arm outstretched to rail against White House threats to the 90-year-old safety net program — was a striking ...

At the Martin Luther King Jr. Awards dinner, I sat next to a delightful Shirley Hicks, a retired educator who wore Converse Chucks to honor former Vice President Kamala Harris and her choice of ...

Martin Luther King Jr. was universally respected because his philosophy was based on nonviolence. That worked out well, because at 5-foot-7, Dr. King would have had some difficulty assuming the ...

While cold temperatures resulted in a small crowd gathered for Greenville’s Martin Luther King Jr. Parade on Saturday, the Greenville High School band and Navy Junior ROTC, the Greenville ...

Monday, Jan. 20, marks Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a federal holiday on which many people, including students, are off. It's also a day when many may reflect on the civil rights leader and his ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service: 9-10:30 a.m. Monday, Jan. 20, at Ackerman Woods, 800 St. Charles Road, Glen Ellyn. Help the Glen Ellyn Park District improve the quality of natural areas by ...

Lee University will commemorate the life and legacy of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. with a series of events beginning Monday, Jan. 20, continuing through the week. Events are designed to ...