The Martin Luther King Jr. essay contest asked students to consider King's challenge: “What are you doing for others?” Here are grades 6-8 winners.

Martin Luther King III, son of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., spoke at Great Neck South High School, the same stage that his father spoke on during a visit to Long Island almost 60 years ago.

The Martin Luther King Jr. essay contest asked students to consider King's challenge: “What are you doing for others?” Here are grades 1-5 winners.

Baldwin Middle School student Lillian McKinney, 12, shows her artwork honoring the late Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday while at school on Thursday. Credit: Newsday/J. Conrad Williams Jr.

For Benedictine University student Shahista Rahman of Joliet, helping those who suffer from food insecurity is one of the best ways to serve others. “I wanted to help today and my heart is re… ...

About 70 choir students from Gilmore Fine Arts K-8 School performed two songs at an event honoring Martin Luther King Jr. on Wednesday at the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Center, 1134 Dr ...

In this April 2, 1965 file photo, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., second from right, speaks at a news conference next to John Lewis, to his left, chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating ...

In addition to the activity that Morehead, 31, does with his students, he also has three 8 x 10 inch portraits of Martin Luther King, Rosa Parks and Malcolm X’s mugshots.

Whitney Young High School students learned more about the civil rights leader ahead of Martin Luther King, Jr., or MLK, Day 2025.

The Martin Luther King Jr. essay contest asked students to consider King's challenge: “What are you doing for others?” Here ...

First grade students at Sherman Multicultural Arts School are winners of the 2024 Martin Luther King Jr. essay contest Grade ...