This year Jan. 20 will be both Donald Trump's Inauguration Day and Martin Luther King Jr. Day ... later confessed to the crime and received a 99-year prison sentence. King was 39 at the time ...

Martin Luther King III, the son of civil rights advocate Martin Luther King Jr., said his father would be “quite disappointed” with the current world, but not surprised. King joined NBC News ...

Bettmann Archive Despite being a revered leader of the civil rights movement, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was actually conflict avoidant, says biographer Jonathan Eig. In an interview published by ...

The Pentagon joined the scramble by federal agencies trying to conform to President Trump’s war on diversity programs. By Helene Cooper Helene Cooper reports on national security with a focus on ...

The US will honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on MLK Day, recognized as a National Day of Service. King, known for his role in the Civil Rights movement and his advocacy for nonviolence ...

In celebration of Martin Luther King Jr.'s teachings, service, civil rights activities and his commitment to social justice, many events are scheduled in Milwaukee and the surrounding communities.

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 ...

ATLANTA - Martin Luther King Jr. Day, observed on the third Monday of January, is a federal holiday honoring the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. As a key leader in the Civil Rights ...

Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Martin Luther King Jr. didn’t originally set out to become a civil rights activist, according to his biographer. On a Jan. 3 episode of NPR’s Book of the ...

A mural of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. by Wichita artist Daniel Guatimea. Jaime Green The Wichita Eagle Two Wichita groups have organized three events to commemorate the life and ideals of the Rev ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day ... Ray was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to 99 years at the state prison. In 1998, he died at the age of 70 from kidney disease and liver failure ...

Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy is celebrated each ... confessed to killing King and was sentenced to 99 years in jail for it. Ray would later recant his confession and continue to try and prove ...