In these quiet ways — and others — people across the Washington region will honor Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday while thousands of others converge on the nation’s capital to celebrate President-elect Donald Trump being sworn in for a second term.

He chose that location in part to honor President Abraham Lincoln as “a great American ... institutions and various industries recognize Martin Luther King Jr. Day. For some, the holiday ...

Monday is a special occasion for supporters of America’s incoming president and admirers of its most revered civil rights leader. Donald Trump will be sworn into his second term, and the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

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.

— Martin Luther King Jr.‘s “I Have a Dream” speech

Hope and celebration are words that innately describe the holiday of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. It is a day about reflection, discussion and community. Leading this year's annual celebrated

King's 'Letter from Birmingham Jail' is not just a seminal document of American civil rights. It's a masterpiece of literature, experts say

The president-elect returned to Washington over the weekend, holding a rally for supporters. Follow along for the latest Monday.

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, equality and the Beloved Community that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. made his life's work.

I am a civil rights baby, born into agitating when my mother sat down at a whites-only lunch counter in Huntsville, Alabama, in 1962, with me, her four-month-old infant in her lap — and following her arrest,

Throughout the prior 59 presidential inauguration ceremonies there have been moments of celebration and of various mishaps.