Detroiters like Stevie Wonder and John Conyers were instrumental in making Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday a federal ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Donald Trump's inauguration will result in the closure of several key offices and services.

Here’s what’s open and closed on Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2025.

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

John Patrick Fay III, age 69, passed away on Sunday, January 19, 2025, at Catawba Valley Medical Center. He was born May 28, 1955, in Peekskill, New York, the son of the late John Patrick Fay II and ...

The United States is paying tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's legacy the same day a new president was inaugurated.

Clarke, the daughter of Jamaican immigrants, who represents the 9th Congressional District in Brooklyn, New York ... In 1987, under Congressman John Conyers’ leadership, the House Judiciary ...

It took a long political effort to make the King Holiday commemoration a federal law. ATLANTA — The MLK Day holiday is marked annually as a day of service and remembrance of the struggle for justice, ...

Garvey, one of the earliest internationally-known Black civil rights leaders, was convicted of mail fraud in 1923.