Martin Luther King Jr. Day is just as much a Detroit holiday as it is a federal one. Created after overwhelming approval in Congress and being signed into a law by President Ronald Reagan in 1983 ...

The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his iconic “I Have a Dream” speech in 1963 on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. ... U.S. Democratic Rep. John Conyers of Michigan, ...

Martin Luther King Jr. often spoke of creating “the beloved community,” a society in which “men can live together without fear,” as he wrote in a 1966 essay.

These facts about Martin Luther King Jr. may surprise you We all know Martin Luther King Jr. as the man with a dream—a visionary leader and champion for equality who helped spearhead the civil ...

The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his “I Have a Dream” speech in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 28, 1963. King won the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize, recognized for his leadership in the American ...

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., who was on a tour of the South to recruit volunteers for his "Poor People's Campaign", spoke to an overflow crowd at Mason Temple March 18, 1968.

Hours after President Donald Trump signed an executive order to declassify documents detailing the FBI’s investigation of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.‘s 1968 assassination, the civil rights ...

5 Great Martin Luther King Jr. Documentaries That Explore Different Aspects Of His Life And Work. ... But like Congressman John Lewis said in the doc, Dr. King taught us how to live and how to die.

President Trump signed an executive order declassify any remaining files from Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination. MLK was shot and killed on April 4, 1968, in Memphis.