Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was one of the evangelical figures who played an important role in the fight against racism.

No absence may have been greater felt among the thousands who marched through Spokane on Monday than that of the late Rev. Percy 'Happy' Watkins. Watkins, one of Spokane's most prominent civil rights ...

Happy Monday and Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day to you! It's a gray and drizzly day across the Gulf Coast. Temperatures ...

Smith, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is a day on, not a day off. “It’s a day of service,” said Dilworth-Smith, executive ...

Monday in January a federal holiday in observance of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, according to the museum.

With Monday's matchup against Ohio State, Notre Dame's Marcus Freeman is set to become the first African-American head coach ...

Family and others carrying on Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy of equality, justice and nonviolent protest want Americans to remember that Monday's holiday is really about helping others.

Trump will become the first president since Grover Cleveland to enter the White House for a non-consecutive second term, with the ceremony driven indoors for the first time since Ronald Reagan ’s ...

It took a long political effort to make the King Holiday commemoration a federal law. ATLANTA — The MLK Day holiday is marked annually as a day of service and remembrance of the struggle for justice, ...

Many public institutions are closed for Martin Luther King Jr. Day Monday, while some private businesses remain open. Here's ...

Texas officially recognized MLK Day in 1991. Today, it remains the only federal holiday designated as a national day of ...

"I just want to live in hope that some of the ideals of the late Dr. King might flow over into this new administration," said ...