Martin Luther King Jr. Day to honors the pastor and civil rights activist on what would be his 96th birthday. It is a federal holiday, so many offices and businesses will be closed for the day.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day to honors the pastor and civil rights activist on what would be his 96th birthday. It is a federal holiday, so many offices and businesses will be closed for the day.

The National Civil Rights Museum has planned events to celebrate Martin Luther King Day in Tennessee. There will be musical performances, a blood drive, food donations, and a magic show.

Observed for the first time in 1986, Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a federal holiday that annually occupies the third Monday of January, ... Tennessee State Rep. G.A. Hardaway, D-Memphis, ...

The annual day of remembrance for Martin Luther King Jr. is less than two weeks away, falling on Monday, Jan. 20, the same day as Inauguration Day this year. Here’s what to know about Martin ...

Civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., center, and other civil rights leaders are shown during the march from Memphis, Tenn. to Jackson, Miss., June 9, 1965.

Wednesday marks the 50 th anniversary of the death of Martin Luther King, Jr, the Civil Rights activist and American icon, who was assassinated at the Lorraine Hotel in Memphis in 1968.. But while ...

FILE – The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., head of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, speaks to thousands during his “I Have a Dream” speech in front of the Lincoln Memorial for ...

While he was in Memphis, Tennessee to support striking sanitation workers, the civil rights activist was assassinated on April 4, 1968. Martin Luther King Jr. Day commemorates "the values of ...

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was previously scheduled to be in Durham on April 4, 1968, but a violent resistance to the sanitation strike in Memphis, Tennessee, forced Dr. King to extend his Memphis ...

Days after King's assassination, legislation was drafted to have Martin Luther King Jr. Day, but it would be another 15 years before King was recognized with a day and even longer for all of the ...