Martin Luther King Jr.

In a story January 18, 2021, about the inauguration, The Associated Press erroneously reported that 200,000 small flags displayed on the National Mall were placed there to honor the nearly 400,000 Americans killed in the coronavirus pandemic

Martin Luther King Jr.’s son says one of the biggest lesson he learned from his parents was the importance of loving yourself. Martin Luther King III joined LX News to talk about his father’s legacy as a civil rights trailblazer and as a dad.

The annual celebration of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday in his hometown in Atlanta is calling for renewed dedication to nonviolence following a turbulent year

For many, Civil Rights icon Martin Luther King Jr. is still best known for his “I Have A Dream” speech at the 1963 March on Washington. But Emory University’s political science professor Andra Gillespie says Dr. King’s legacy is more complex and significant than those inspirational words. She joined LX News to talk about the uncomfortable conversations Americans still need...

On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the entire nation pauses in remembrance of the Civil Rights icon. But did you know it took nearly 32 years of fighting for the day to become a federal holiday? NBCLX breaks down the events that led to a national celebration in honor of Dr. King.

Students at the Primrose School of NE Flower Mound receive dream lesson before taking MLK Day off Monday.

As with almost every event over the past year, the events surrounding Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day will look much different this year due to COVID-19. NBC 5’s Alanna Quillen reports.

Dallas native who participated in civil rights movement reminds everyone MLK Day shouldn’t be a day off, but a day filled with service

A Dallas native who participated in civil rights movement reminds everyone MLK Day shouldn’t be a day off, but a day filled with service.

Students at the Primrose School of NE Flower Mound receive dream lesson before taking MLK Day off Monday.

“MLK/FBI,” which IFC Films will release in theaters and on-demand Friday, chronicles one of the darkest chapters in the bureau’s history: the yearslong surveillance and harassment of King. Where others saw a leader of the highest order, J. Edgar Hoover’s FBI saw a suspect — a potential communist and a threat to white America.

Friendship-West Baptist Church in Dallas is set to host its 4th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Teach-In.

The National Multicultural Western Heritage Museum is hosting 5 days of music, awards and fun in honor of Martin Luther King Jr.  MORE: CowboysofColor.org 

Discussing the part cowboys of color played in the history of diversity as well as the 5-day celebration the museum has planned for all of us to enjoy during this year’s MLK holiday with Jim Austin, the Co-Founder and President of the National Multicultural Western Heritage Museum and Hall of Fame. Learn more at www.CowboysofColor.org.

The Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Center is giving the gift of warmth this holiday season.

Hear from the voices of the women and men who marched to Washington for racial equality in 1963.

Civil rights icon John Lewis died last week after a battle with pancreatic cancer. The New York Times remembers his fight for equality.

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Bob Moses says America is at “a lurching moment” for racial change, potentially as transforming as the Civil War era and the 1960s civil rights movement that he helped lead