After adopting the name, the reverend also changed his son’s name from Michael King Jr. to Martin Luther King Jr. The future rights leader was just five years old at the time. By the 1960s, in his ...

A Life,' spoke on a Jan. 3 episode of NPR’s 'Book of the Day' podcast about Martin Luther King Jr., and noted that MLK didn’t ...

The dual celebrations of a second Trump inauguration and the civil rights leader’s birth raise profound questions about Black ...

What was Martin Luther King Jr.'s childhood like? Discover how his early life and education shaped the Civil Rights leader we ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebrates the birthday of civil rights leader the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964. He was assassinated four years later. The holiday ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is Monday, which happens to also be the same day as Inauguration Day. The federal holiday honoring the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., who was born Jan. 15, 1929 ...

Two U.S. states honor Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee on the federal holiday for Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. Do you know which ones? This year, the state and federal holiday also ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Inauguration Day fall on the same Monday this year. In addition to holiday closures, there will be additional schedule changes to services across the D.C. area.

Crispus Attucks of York will be hosting its 43rd annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service on Monday, Jan. 20, according to the organization's website. The event starts at 8 a.m. at Crispus ...

Preaching a message of nonviolent resistance, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was the leading voice of the American civil rights movement. The protests he organized, the marches he led and the ...