As the nation recognizes Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, a traditional celebration will take place locally. The 2025 MLK Day ...

Reginald Dwayne Betts went from being a 16-year-old facing a nine-year prison sentence to a MacArthur “genius,” an ...

It was a Sunday of celebration in the Palmetto State, as thousands of people came together to recognize President Joe Biden ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day honors service, not self-gratification. For those who may simply see the day as government-granted ...

It took a long political effort to make the King Holiday commemoration a federal law. ATLANTA — The MLK Day holiday is marked annually as a day of service and remembrance of the struggle for justice, ...

Detroiters like Stevie Wonder and John Conyers were instrumental in making Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday a federal ...

Texas officially recognized MLK Day in 1991. Today, it remains the only federal holiday designated as a national day of ...

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

Go to a MLK celebration these days and you will hear Black politicians using this holiday as a platform to run for Office.

Before you settle into your federally mandated day of action (or day of chillin,’ if that’s your groove), allow me to bestow ...