Many folks may wonder if banks or post offices will be open on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Here's everything you need to know ...

The life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. will once again be celebrated and honored Monday in events around the nation.

To this day, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is the only non-president to have ... is said to have joined Shiloh Baptist Church in Greene County, Georgia in 1846. He and his wife Lucrecia Daniel ...

This might be the go-to visit for immersing yourself in King's life. This historical park includes the house where King was born and spent the first 12 years of his life, the grave of King and his ...

As the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. federal holiday comes the third Monday of January, the day is not just a day off of work, but has become a day for people to volunteer and serve their ...

Martin Luther King Jr. leads the Walk to Freedom through downtown Detroit on June 23, 1963. MLK Day will be observed on Jan. 20. Bettmann Archive The first holiday of the year was just a couple of ...

King led several nonviolent campaigns in Birmingham, known at the time as "the most segregated city in America." ...

Only once before since it became a federal holiday has Martin Luther King Jr. Day fallen on the same day as a presidential inauguration. That was in 1997, when Bill Clinton took the oath of office ...

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Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is on Monday, Jan. 20 celebrating the life and legacy of the civil rights icon. Want to properly mark the occasion? Here are three major landmarks in Georgia that have ...