His "I Have A Dream" speech in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington ... city’s sanitation workers in a strike. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the third Monday in January, became federally ...

He chose that location in part to honor President Abraham Lincoln as “a great American ... institutions and various industries recognize Martin Luther King Jr. Day. For some, the holiday ...

Editor’s note: This story was originally published in 2018 for the 50th anniversary of the Martin Luther King Jr.

ATHENS, Ala. (WAFF) - The Lincoln-Bridgeforth Park Committee hosted its Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration at Sweet Home Missionary Baptist Church in Athens on Monday to honor the legacy ...

South Carolina is one of only four states to observe the day as a state holiday, celebrating the lives of soldiers who fought ...

Those selected would receive up to $200,000 to create one of the 250 sculptures, which will be paid for in part with canceled ...

Benjamin Mays, Class of 1920, eulogy for the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr ... Abraham, leaving his country in the obedience to God’s call; Moses leading a rebellious people to the Promised Land; Jesus ...

Editor’s note: On the evening of April 3, 1968, the day before he was assassinated, Martin Luther King Jr. spoke to ... President by the name of Abraham Lincoln finally come to the conclusion ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day, observed on the third Monday of January ... In 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. stood on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial and delivered his iconic "I Have a Dream ...

Two deeper histories on people mentioned in a recent column: a famous orator and a mother and son who survived the Holocaust.