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 ...
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 ...
Editor’s note: This story was originally published in 2018 for the 50th anniversary of the Martin Luther ... a century before by Abraham Lincoln. “To the world, Dr. King had the stature ...
In his 28 years leading the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Youth Rally ... a walk from the Capitol to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s City Campus. Out of all the people walking alongside ...
On the third Monday of January — close to King's Jan. 15 birthday — federal, state and local governments, institutions and various industries recognize Martin Luther King Jr. Day. For some ...
Family and others carrying on Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy of equality, justice and nonviolent protest want Americans to remember that Monday's holiday is really about helping others.
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 ...
The Long Struggle to Establish Martin Luther King Jr. Day The Rev. Martin Luther ... He chose that location in part to honor President Abraham Lincoln as “a great American, in whose symbolic ...
FILE - Passengers depart the Caltrain Norcal MLK Celebration Train in San Francisco on Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday, Jan. 15, 2024. (Benjamin Fanjoy/San Francisco Chronicle via AP, File ...