ATLANTA - Fifty-seven years ago today, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated while standing on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee — a moment that shocked the world and ...

April 22 is Earth Day. Several organizations in the metro Atlanta area participated in projects or hosted events in honor of ...

Arielle Gray's grandfather — then a teenager — joined the march to the Common led by King drawing attention to the racial ...

The King Center and voting rights advocacy group Black Voters Matter are uniting to influence a new generation of activists.

But today, his legacy lives on in Atlanta where the city hosted a day of services and parades ... parks and museums named in his honor. Martin Luther King Jr’s birth place home is being ...

This recap of the 2025 Martin Luther King Jr. Day Commemorative Service was prepared by the FOX 5 Atlanta Digital Team.

Young UNICEF Club members think globally and act locally, organizing community events to support the rights and needs of ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the third Monday in January, became federally recognized in 1983 when President Ronald Reagan signed it into law.

The family of Martin Luther King Jr. protested President Donald Trump's ... in retaliation for his support of Israel following the 1967 Six-Day War. He died 25 hours later.

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 ...