Mississippi honors those who fought for the Confederacy against the United States in the Civil War. Who tried to drop the ...

Earth Day recognizes the environmental movement. Here's how it started and why it’s still celebrated every April 22.

Pope Francis, who died on April 21 at the age of 88, visited the United States just once, nearly 10 years ago, in September ...

a young minister asked the day I was there ... that might bring federal intervention on a large scale. When Martin Luther King visited the state recently in support of the Freedom Democratic ...

Martin Luther King III will be in town Saturday to observe the 60th anniversary of his father's historic protest.

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

Local organizers plan to mark MLK Jr.'s historic 1965 Freedom Rally in Boston by holding a march of their own.

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

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 ...

The Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial is free to visit 24 hours a day, but National Park Service rangers are only available to answer questions from 9:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily. It can be reached by ...

The King County Sheriff's Office said deputies responded to a reported crash at 9:41 p.m. near the intersection of 57th Avenue South and Martin Luther King Jr. Way in Spanaway. According to the ...