Discover the origins and meaning of Martin Luther King Jr.'s beloved community concept. Learn how it has inspired social justice work for decades.

The two events are coinciding for just the third time since 1986, when the civil rights leader’s birthday was first honored ...

Our community leaders to whom we owe a deep debt of gratitude for working hard in the face of enormous obstacles to do the ...

UCLA women’s basketball will take on Baylor in the inaugural Coretta Scott King Classic, celebrating progress and unity ...

The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his iconic "I Have a Dream" speech in 1963 on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. He ...

Since the holiday was officially designated in 1983, only one president was sworn in on Martin Luther King Jr. Day: former ...

In a rare happening, the King holiday falls on the same day as the presidential inauguration. Activists vow to continue the ...

It took a long and contentious fight to make Martin Luther King Jr. Day a state holiday in Arizona. The big picture: The ...

Arizona was one of the last states to recognize Martin Luther King Jr. Day as a holiday and the only state that required a ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is recognized across the nation, both as a state and national holiday, on the civil rights ...

I'd never had a white person talk to me like that,' Warren Stewart Sr. says, recalling the late Gov. Evan Mecham and the ...