The longtime civil rights leader and senior pastor of First Institutional Baptist Church in Phoenix was honored June 29 as he ...

President Barack Obama moved the Martin Luther King Jr. bust into the Oval Office in 2009. Trump kept it during his first term but now it's gone.

When Warren H. Stewart Sr. first came to Phoenix nearly 50 years ago from New York City, his plan was to stay for a few years ...

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Similarly, Phoenix residents would march miles to honor Martin Luther King Jr. Day in the 1980s, according to previous reporting by The Republic.

San Angelo resident Dudra Butler is a member of the Martin Luther King Jr. Association, and said King's legacy should be honored with action, not just words. "As we celebrate him, I've been ...

The Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial is seen with the Washington Monument, during the 9th Annual Wreath Laying and Day of Reflection and Reconciliation, in Washington, Monday, Jan.20, 2020.

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 ...

A federal judge is considering whether sealed documents relating to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination should be released before 2027. Evening Standard/Hulton Archive, via Getty Images ...

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. – The St. Augustine Jewish Historical Society held its 13th annual ceremony on Wednesday, commemorating the historic moment when 16 Jewish rabbis were arrested for standing ...