The memorial would replace an earlier monument of King at the corner of Reading Road and Martin Luther King Jr. Drive.

On April 16, 1963, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. wrote "Letter from Birmingham Jail" while imprisoned in Alabama for ...

Arielle Gray's grandfather — then a teenager — joined the march to the Common led by King drawing attention to the racial ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a U.S. holiday and national day ... rights leader with a speech at an MLK breakfast hosted in Washington by the Rev. Al Sharpton's National Action Network.

The Liberty Commons Project will be located on Martin Luther King Jr. Way in Seattle’s Columbia City neighborhood. It will include 58 affordable housing units. Martin Luther King Jr.’s daughter, Dr.

Scott King saw the deficit partly as a result of who was doing the telling. At one of the first conferences of King scholars, ...

The family of Martin Luther King Jr. protested President Donald Trump's ... in retaliation for his support of Israel following the 1967 Six-Day War. He died 25 hours later.

The inauguration starts at noon in Washington, D.C. Here's what to know about openings and closings on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Yes, Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a federal holiday in the ...

In 2005, the city officially began observing the date as Emancipation Day. In 1912 ... In 1963, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. wrote "Letter from Birmingham Jail" while imprisoned in Alabama ...

at Washington Park. The McCall Neighborhood Center is also planning its annual celebration on Monday, Jan. 20. Here are the details for ways to mark Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Plant a tree for ...