I think my father and mother would challenge us to be a better America because we can become that. It starts with something ...

Martin Luther King III, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu and Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley spoke at the 60th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s 1965 Freedom Rally.

The 1965 rally featuring the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. drew a crowd of 20,000. At Saturday’s event, several hundred ...

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

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

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 Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial is free to visit 24 hours a day, but National Park Service rangers are only available to answer questions from 9:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily. It can be reached by ...

The King Center and voting rights advocacy group Black Voters Matter are uniting to influence a new generation of activists.

Next Step Festival will launch this spring at the Gural Theatre with a weeklong lineup of boundary-pushing performances ...

Daniel Day-Lewis is never having to feel that question when he ... David Oyelowo was surprised that there wasn’t a major film on Martin Luther King Jr. Charlamagne tha God asked Oyelowo if he had any ...