TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - The Kansas Children’s Discovery Center opened its doors for kids on Monday to learn about Martin Luther King, Jr. In honor of MLK Day, the center invited Areiana Green, the 2025 ...

United States will honor and celebrate Martin Luther King Jr on Monday, January 19. The inaugural Martin Luther King Jr. Day was observed as a federal holiday in 1986. Congress later designated the ...

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., left, talks with newsmen in a downtown hotel prior to a dinner at which 2,500 persons pay him tribute for his civil rights leadership in Cleveland on March 23, 1965. He ...

Martin Luther King Jr.'s children have carried on his legacy. The civil rights leader and wife Coretta Scott King were parents to four kids: sons Martin Luther King III, 68, and Dexter, and daughters ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, many are spending the day off celebrating the life and legacy of MLK. Events are being held throughout the Kansas City metro to ...

Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a civil-rights activist who helped end segregation in the US. Martin wasn't his given name: He was born Michael King Jr., after his father. At 35, he became the ...

Martin Luther King Jr. (Jan. 15, 1929–April 4, 1968) was one of the most prominent leaders of America's civil rights movement in the 1950s and 1960s. His words and actions have left a lasting mark on ...

Community leaders and residents gathered in Daytona Beach to observe Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day. People had breakfast while listening to speakers at the Julia T. and Charles W. Cherry, Sr.