Arkansas in 2017 ended the state’s practice of commemorating Lee on the same day as King, leaving only Alabama and Mississippi remaining. Alabama and Mississippi have three Confederate-related ...

(AP) — The U.S. is set to mark Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the federal holiday set aside to honor the life of the civil rights icon. But in Alabama and Mississippi, Monday is also Robert E.

Few individuals have left an indelible mark on history as Martin Luther King Jr. did. A towering figure ... "Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." ...

Hours after President Donald Trump signed an executive order to declassify documents detailing the FBI’s investigation of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.‘s 1968 assassination, the civil rights ...

(This story was updated to accurately reflect the most current information.) Jacksonville's Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade, which was postponed Monday because of cold weather, has been ...

A big community cleanup is being held in Jackson in the wake of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.Mississippi Rep. Fabian Nelson, Hinds County District 66, announced the cleanup will be in South Jackson on ...

The Howard Thurman Center for Common Ground, in partnership with the City of Boston, honored the legacy of Boston University alum Martin Luther King Jr. Saturday at the George ... “I’ve hosted [and] ...

STATEN ISLAND SECTION Later that day, the National Council of Negro Women, Staten Island Section, organized a transformative Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service in collaboration with several ...

In 2022, Martin Luther King III, the son of the legendary slain civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr., talked to PEOPLE ... four little children will one day live in a nation where they ...

Martin Luther King Jr.’s family offered their response to ... about the same spot where he was killed a day later on April 4, 1968. Associated Press Photo A black minister had attended a ...

Five months later, while seeking ovarian cancer treatment in Rosarito, Mexico, Coretta Scott King passed away on January 30, 2006. Coretta Scott King and Martin Luther King, Jr. met in Boston ...