It was first proposed four days after King's 1968 assassination outside a Memphis motel. It took 15 years until it became a ...

Martin Luther King III, a civil rights activist and the son of Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, spoke to CBS ...

“With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive ...

The federal holiday is “a day for us to remember that we are all one people,” keynote speaker Michele Norris, a Minnesota ...

January 20, 2025, marks the annual celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. “On this day of coinciding significance, during ...

Here’s a look at what’s open and what’s closed on MLK Day 2024: Post office – Closed. No mail will be delivered on Jan. 20th.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day, which means federal employees and many other workers will have the day off. This year, the ...

More than 50 years after he died at age 39 from an assassin’s bullet, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. endures as one of ...

Federal and state offices, banks, as well as postal and trash services will be closed or suspended Monday. Here’s what else ...

legislation for a Martin Luther King Jr. Day on the third Monday of January cleared Congress and President Ronald Reagan signed it. Reagan’s signing did not lead other Republicans to follow.

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

Regional Food Bank of Northeastern New York was crammed Monday with people sorting food for the region's pantries.