Martin Luther King Jr. Day, is Jan. 19, an annual celebration of the life, work, and vision of one of America’s most fervent and prominent civil rights leaders, who would have turned 97 on Jan. 15. In ...

First Baptist Church of Nashua held its 44th annual Martin Luther King Jr. tribute on Saturday. The church has been holding this celebration since 1982, when it was the only faith community to open ...

San Diego Unified holds tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Knox Middle School held a tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Friday. It included student performances, speeches and a neighborhood ...

When the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. stepped to the podium at the Lincoln Memorial on a stifling hot August day in 1963, he faced a cast of characters who also knew how to command a stage. Most now ...

Editor's Note: This story was orignially published on npr.org on Feb. 7, 2024. The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech, delivered on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in 1963, is so ...