President Jimmy Carter presents the Medal of Freedom here to Coretta Scott King, accepting posthumously for her slain husband, Martin Luther King Jr, for his civil rights work.

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is observed yearly on the third Monday in January, ... In 1979, President Jimmy Carter called on Congress to vote on the King Holiday Bill.

Here’s a rundown of how Martin Luther King, Jr., day came to be a federal holiday: ... In 1979, President Jimmy Carter called on Congress to vote on the King Holiday Bill.

But in the complicated history of Martin Luther King, Jr Day, it has only recently been a holiday for all the people, ... unable to gain enough support until President Jimmy Carter, ...

President Jimmy Carter played a pivotal role in preserving Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birth home and neighborhood by designating it as a national historic site, now a national park.

King, 61, tells PEOPLE that her father, Martin Luther King Jr., would be "disappointed" with today's political climate Dr. Bernice King, the daughter of Martin Luther King Jr., says Jimmy Carter ...

Bernice King, the daughter of Martin Luther King Jr., tells PEOPLE that Jimmy Carter would have a hard time getting elected president in today's modern political system ...

President Jimmy Carter presents the Medal of Freedom here to Coretta Scott King, accepting posthumously for her slain husband, Martin Luther King Jr, for his civil rights work.

For 15 years after Martin Luther King Jr.'s death activists rallied to make MLK Day a federal holiday. Here's how it happened. An 82-year-old Jewish woman has died from injuries suffered in the ...