On April 16, 1963, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. wrote "Letter from Birmingham Jail" while imprisoned in Alabama for ...

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

BALTIMORE -- Volunteers throughout Maryland gave back to their communities to honor Dr. Martin Luther ... On MLK Jr. Day, volunteers did their community service in a way Dr. King would have ...

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

(WFLA) — Martin Luther King Jr. Day is set for the third Monday in January ... Jr. Boulevard traveling east before finishing at S. Maryland Avenue. Road closures will start at noon and re ...

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 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.

Here is a list of events scheduled to honor civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr. in and around ... will be closed. MLK Day is an observed holiday for public schools in Maryland.

the same day the nation is commemorating the life and legacy of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. This year, Inauguration Day lands on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, which is observed each year on the ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — Martin Luther King Jr. Day is recognized every third Monday in January. The federal holiday honors American activist Martin Luther King Jr. There are many ...

Leah Weber on Monday had a short but touching tribute to her husband, Dexter Scott King, son of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.