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 King ... century before by Abraham Lincoln. “To the world, Dr. King had the stature ...

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

Visitors participated in a number of activities, such as a scavenger hunt, and a special viewing of Dr. King's famous "I have ...

DEAR READERS: Wishing you all a very happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Inauguration ... to bind up the nation’s wounds.” -- Abraham Lincoln, March 4, 1865. “Much has been given us ...

Dear Readers: Wishing you all a very happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Inauguration ... to bind up the nation’s wounds.” -- Abraham Lincoln, March 4, 1865. “Much has been given us ...

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 ...