It took a long and contentious fight to make Martin Luther ... rejected a King holiday bill by one vote in 1986, Gov. Bruce Babbitt issued an executive order designating a paid MLK Day.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a U.S. holiday and national day of service. It took a long time for the country to get there It was first proposed four days after King's 1968 assassination outside a ...

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