ATLANTA — A massive 70-member choir belted out "Hallelujah" at a Martin Luther King Jr. Day service Monday at his former congregation in Atlanta, followed by a stern message from his youngest ...

The Black Heritage Society, founded in 1974 by Ovide Duncantell Jr., hosted Houston's — and the nation’s — first MLK parade in 1978, with Martin Luther King Sr. as the inaugural grand marshal.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2025 falls on Jan. 20, 2025, this year. It is a federal holiday to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., an activist and minister who is most famous for delivering his “I ...

The longtime civil rights leader and senior pastor of First Institutional Baptist Church in Phoenix was honored June 29 as he ...

"Post Offices will be closed on Friday, July 4, 2025, in observance of Independence Day. There will be no mail delivery, ...

In 1983, about 20 years after King’s “I Have a Dream” speech, legislation for a Martin Luther King Jr. Day on the third Monday of January cleared Congress and President Ronald Reagan signed it.

Surprise Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Celebration & Service The MLK Day of Celebration in Surprise combines a motivational ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a U.S. holiday and national day of service. It took a long time for the country to get there It was first proposed four days after King's 1968 assassination outside a ...

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ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Fla. -- Road closures will be in effect in Downtown Pensacola on Thursday for the annual Dr. Martin Luther King Day Parade. Due to heat safety concerns, the parade will now begin ...

Blake Spencer explored the Frederick Douglass National Historic Site in Washington with two of his friends. The Howard ...