Mississippi did the same in 1910. President Ronald Reagan in 1983 signed legislation naming the third Monday of January as Martin Luther King Jr. Day to honor the slain civil rights leader.

What Martin Luther King Jr cited to inspire hope mustn’t be taken as a statement of inevitability. Such sayings foster the ...

On Monday, President Donald Trump invoked the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. during his inaugural ... was signed into law by President Ronald Reagan in 1983 and first observed in 1986.

Bernice King's work is focused on continuing to promote her parents' legacy of nonviolent social change through policy, ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A historic Black church in downtown Memphis that was the organizing point for Martin Luther King Jr.’s final ...

A historic Black church in downtown Memphis that was the organizing point for Martin Luther King Jr.’s final campaign in 1968 caught fire early Monday morning and suffered significant damage.