Join Springfield’s Lincoln museum Jan. 19 for MLK Day events, including a live speech, skating, historian talks and a blood drive.

WASHINGTON (WKRC/SBG) - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his iconic "I Have a Dream" speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. on Aug. 28, 1963. The Baptist preacher who would go on to win the Nobel Peace Prize gave the address ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Some say President-elect Barack Obama's election has the same historical significance as the Emancipation Proclamation, signed by President Abraham Lincoln to free slaves, and the civil ...

December 30, 1964 - Martin Luther King Jr. visited Lincoln on December 30, 1964. He spoke at the Methodist Student Movement Conference at the Pershing Auditorium. Around 5,000 people attended the event to hear King’s speech. Click here to subscribe to ...

LOWER OXFORD — The granddaughter of a former slave delivered the keynote address in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King on Monday at Lincoln University. Delivering remarks for nearly an hour, Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, a historian and tenured professor at ...

ATHENS, Ala. (WAFF) - The Lincoln-Bridgeforth Park Committee hosted its Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration at Sweet Home Missionary Baptist Church in Athens on Monday to honor the legacy of the civil rights leader. The celebration included an ...

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 American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today.”