ATLANTA — A massive 70-member choir belted out "Hallelujah" at a Martin Luther King Jr. Day service Monday at his former congregation in Atlanta, followed by a stern message from his youngest ...

The Black Heritage Society, founded in 1974 by Ovide Duncantell Jr., hosted Houston's — and the nation’s — first MLK parade in 1978, with Martin Luther King Sr. as the inaugural grand marshal.

Saturday marks the 27th Annual MLK Jettie Rhodes Day Celebration. It’ll be held at King Park in Urbana. The event is named ...

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 ...

The longtime civil rights leader and senior pastor of First Institutional Baptist Church in Phoenix was honored June 29 as he ...

Juneteenth – which was recognised as a federal holiday in 2021 – now more widely represents the emancipation of enslaved African Americans across the country in the wake of the US Civil War and its ...

ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Fla. -- Road closures will be in effect in Downtown Pensacola on Thursday for the annual Dr. Martin Luther King Day Parade. Due to heat safety concerns, the parade will now begin ...

Senators discuss Juneteenth's significance and the ongoing struggle for racial justice in America. They emphasize the importance of persistence and grassroots organizing.

She’ll be pumping gas or buying groceries, at a community or other sundry event, doing everyday things. A person in the near ...

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 ...

The Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Parade is returning to downtown Pensacola during Juneteenth after the original January showcase was cancelled due to unsafe weather conditions when the Pensacola ...