Legendary attorney Fred Gray — once deemed the “chief counsel” of the Civil Rights Movement by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr ...

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

A sunny morning welcomed the Long Beach community to Martin Luther King Jr. Park for a tree planting celebration in honor of ...

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

When you think of a successful protest movement, most Americans probably think of the American Civil Rights movement, and the ...

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

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

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., protected by an umbrella from the rain, addresses civil rights marchers on historic Boston Common ...

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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 ...

On Easter Day, April 20, at 9:41 a.m., the Shreveport Police Department responded to a reported stabbing at on Peach Street ...