On his last night alive, King stepped up into a pulpit to challenge the congregants to be the best version of themselves.

The federal government shuts down on the third Monday of every January for the day to honor Martin Luther King Jr. This year ... founding the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in 1957 and ...

Martin Luther King Jr. leads the Walk to Freedom through downtown Detroit on June 23, 1963. MLK Day will be observed on Jan. 20. Bettmann Archive The first holiday of the year was just a couple of ...

Only once before since it became a federal holiday has Martin Luther King Jr. Day fallen on the same day as a presidential inauguration. That was in 1997, when Bill Clinton took the oath of office ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the ...

“I’d like somebody to mention that day that Martin Luther King, Jr., tried to give his life serving others." King was shot at 6:05 p.m. on April 4, 1968, on the second-floor balcony of the ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — This year, there are a plethora of opportunities around the Portland metro area to celebrate, reflect and give back on Martin Luther King Jr. Day through acts of service.

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 ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day will coincide with the presidential inauguration of Donald Trump this year. Martin Luther King Jr. Day to honors the pastor and civil rights activist on what would be ...

To this day, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is the only non-president to have a national holiday ... "Jim Crow Laws" and discrimination based on race, religion, gender or nationality illegal. When did Dr ...

To this day, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is the only non-president to have ... "Jim Crow Laws" and discrimination based on race, religion, gender or nationality illegal. When did Dr. Martin ...