Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In commemoration of Martin Luther King Day on Jan. 19, community-led events are happening around the Greater New Orleans region in ...

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is widely seen as the face of the Civil Rights Movement, but he was a minister first. Moving New Orleans Forward anchor LBJ spoke with one of ...

Before Martin Luther King Jr. became a Civil Rights icon with his likeness fixed in stone or bronze, he developed a deep affinity for New Orleans — its food, and especially its people. When King came ...

This Martin Luther King Jr. holiday is especially auspicious, falling as it does during the sesquicentennial—250 years since we declared our independence. Ever since its founding, our nation has made ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is recognized as a federal holiday on the third Monday of January each year, around the time of King's birthday (Jan. 15). There is no regular mail delivery in observance of ...

I don’t remember learning about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. He was just like the lyrics to The Temptations’ “My Girl.” I just woke up one day already knowing. And that familiarity makes it easy to take ...