Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King were the proud parents of four children. Yolanda Denise King, Martin Luther ...

Retail stores, restaurants, and many other businesses are open as usual, although some, including Patch, observe MLK Day as a ...

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 Memphis, Tn., in 1968. The holiday didn’t ...

Good's recent comments come after Bernice King, the daughter of the civil rights activists, spoke out about her mom’s legacy ...

On Monday, many people will have the day off in honor of The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Many programs on television will honor King’s work, and social media posts will feature quotes by the late ...

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

Events coalescing on the same day reflects where contemporary America stands on the continuum between Dr. King’s vision of the future and ugly realism of today.

Kristen Clarke, the first Black woman chosen to be the nation's top civil rights enforcer, called leaving the DOJ 'a ...

The Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change will mark MLK Day with "moral reflection and prophetic ...