Martin Luther King Jr., who wrote parts of his “I Have a Dream” speech in South Carolina, was scheduled to be in Columbia on April 3, 1968, the day before he was killed.

Today's challenges — from educational inequality and economic disparity, to voter suppression and police violence — demand ...

Marchers carry signs during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom Aug. 28, 1963. During the march, the Rev. Dr. Martin ...

Between 1957 and his assassination on April 4, 1968, at age 39, Martin Luther King Jr. gave 2,500 speeches, wrote sermons and ...

Students, religious leaders and local officials gathered Wednesday to celebrate the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.

During the early morning hours every third Monday in January, residents of Savannah and neighboring cities gather in downtown ...

So respected was this great American that MLK Jr. delivered the invocation at his funeral, and Supreme Court Justice Thurgood ...

January 20 marks Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the federal holiday that honors the life and legacy of the American civil rights icon who was assassinated in 1968. The holiday didn’t come ...

Several Tri-City events planned for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day will pay tribute to the civil rights icon’s legacy and ...

MLK's daughter spoke to Newsweek about the different trajectories of two Georgia natives, and how they aligned in the fight for ciivl rights.

Other delivery services, such as FedEx and UPS, will have limited, modified operations on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. For instance, FedEx may have some early on-call and drop box pickups ...