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Time Studios and Stevie Wonder’s Eyes ‘n’ Sound are partnering to produce a feature doc chronicling the cultural, political, ...
A new documentary from Stevie Wonder will explore his role in establishing Martin Luther King Jr. Day as a federal holiday.
Yolanda Renée King is the sole grandchild of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King—and is just as passionate. She ...
President Barack Obama moved the Martin Luther King Jr. bust into the Oval Office in 2009. Trump kept it during his first ...
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 longtime civil rights leader and senior pastor of First Institutional Baptist Church in Phoenix was honored June 29 as he ...
Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a U.S. holiday and national day of service. It took a long time for the country to get there It was first proposed four days after King's 1968 assassination outside a ...
Garland High School senior Saron Lias carries a poster of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. while marching in the 36th annual MLK Day Parade in Garland, Texas, Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/LM Otero) ...
The Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial is seen with the Washington Monument, during the 9th Annual Wreath Laying and Day of Reflection and Reconciliation, in Washington, Monday, Jan.20, 2020.
A federal judge is considering whether sealed documents relating to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination should be released before 2027. Evening Standard/Hulton Archive, via Getty Images ...
Along with Memorial Day and Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Juneteenth became one of three federal holidays with explicit roots in Black history.