Every year we honor the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. in January. Here's everything you need to know about the holiday.

It was first proposed four days after King's 1968 assassination outside a Memphis motel. It took 15 years until it became a ...

Suzette Hackney talked with Martin Luther King III about the convergence of Inauguration Day with the day of service that ...

In Harlem, New York, while signing copies of his first book, “Stride Toward Freedom,” Izola Ware Curry stabbed King with a ...

The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his iconic "I Have a Dream" speech in 1963 on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. He chose that location in part to honor President Abraham Lincoln as "a great ...

King's innovative thinking helped pave the way for Black entrepreneurial success. By challenging what's possible, King created a new era.

Dr. King was a civil rights activist who worked to end segregation. A few of his most notable works include the March on ...

Martin Luther King gave over 2,500 public speeches during his lifetime – many of them were delivered without a manuscript and ...

A crowd estimated by police at 1,500 march silently through Omaha's predominately black area Sunday to mourn the death of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The March was followed by a memorial ...

Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy is celebrated ... One of the most notable is King. From standing on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. to writing letters from a Birmingham ...