MLK's daughter spoke to Newsweek about the different trajectories of two Georgia natives, and how they aligned in the fight ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day ... with Inauguration Day. Former President Ronald Reagan first made the day a federal holiday in ...

As the holiday honoring the slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. approaches, his daughter is urging people to really focus on his work throughout the next year, rather than just paying him ...

Flags, which were previously lowered to honor the late President Jimmy Carter, will return to half-staff from sunrise on ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is about unity, the celebration of King’s accomplishments and continuing to dream of peace, said ...

Dr. Martin Luther ... the wake of Dr. King's death in 1968, several notable figures found ways to honor him and aid in the push for MLK Day. By the late 1970s, President Jimmy Carter pledged ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day will be on Jan. 20 this year, coinciding with Inauguration Day. Because MLK Day is a federal holiday, all federal offices will be closed. That means the state's ...

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 ...

Born less than five years apart in Georgia, the late President Jimmy Carter and Martin Luther King Jr. both came up during ... were not scheduled for the same day on purpose, "Sometimes, it ...

Martin Luther King Jr ... first made the day a federal holiday in 1983, but the first observances didn't take place until three years later in 1986. Former President Jimmy Carter tried to do ...