The service at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta was among the most prominent commemorations of King that played out across ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebrations kicked off at his Atlanta congregation with stern words from his daughter warning ...

President Donald Trump’s inaugural benediction on the federal holiday that celebrates Martin Luther King Jr. included an homage to the civil rights leader’s legacy.

Three score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we now stand, delivered, “I Have a Dream,” calling for an immediate end to the “chains of discrimination” that force Black people onto ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — When President-elect Donald Trump is sworn in as president of the United States inside the Capitol’s ...

In a rare happening, the King holiday falls on the same day as the presidential inauguration. Activists vow to continue the ...

Bernice King reflects on Trump's inauguration falling on MLK JR. Day. Video + Photos Courtesy: AP, Clinton Center, Trump White House Archives, Obama White House ...

Jimmy Carter, who died Dec. 29 at the age of 100, spent his life intertwined with America’s and the world’s enduring legacy ...

Carter was widely known as a man of faith, with his post-presidency defined by images of the Baptist Sunday School teacher ...

Jimmy Carter, who considered himself an outsider even as he sat in the Oval Office as the 39th U.S. president, will be honored Thursday with the pageantry of a ...

Senate Majority Leader John Thune is seated next to House Speaker Mike ... of Freedom to the younger King, presenting the medal to his widow. And Carter pushed for a national holiday to commemorate ...