Kennedy, Senator Robert F. Kennedy, and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. have been ordered to be released by President Trump, who called it “long overdue” and in the public interest. The executive order, ...

Some of the many attendees at Multicultural BRIDGE's Martin Luther King Jr. Service Day and Acts of Resistance event, held on Monday, Jan. 20. The event was held at several locations throughout town, ...

TOPSHOT - US civil rights leader Martin Luther King (C) waves to supporters 28 August 1963 on the ... [+] Mall in Washington DC (Washington Monument in background) during the "March on Washington ...

The Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge in Guizhou province has achieved a major milestone, with the final steel truss segment—an impressive 215 metric tons—hoisted into place this past Friday.

Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Martin Luther King Jr. didn’t originally set out to become a civil rights activist, according to his biographer. On a Jan. 3 episode of NPR’s Book of the ...

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave over 2,500 public speeches during his lifetime – many of them were improvised, delivered without a manuscript and with maybe just a few notes. Dr. King’s most ...

Today, the country pauses to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day with parades, speeches and acts of service. At 8 a.m., the MLK Breakfast will take place at the Julia T. & Charles W. Cherry Sr.

The U.S. is marking Martin Luther King Day, the federal holiday set aside to honor the life of the civil rights icon. But in Alabama and Mississippi, Monday is also Robert E. Lee Day in honor of ...

Jan. 20, 2025. (Claire O'Brien) Dozens of people reflected on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.‘s legacy Monday morning at the Holiday Inn in Crystal Lake, during FaithBridge’s annual Martin Luther King Jr.

In 1963, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was behind bars in Alabama as a result of his continuing crusade for civil rights. While there, he was the subject of criticism by eight white clergymen ...

We may earn an affiliate commission from links. As many of us enjoy the day off for Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the occasion couldn’t be better for cuing up a documentary about the civil-rights ...

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