Suzette Hackney talked with Martin Luther King III about the convergence of Inauguration Day with the day of service that ...

In 1983, about 20 years after King’s “I Have a Dream” speech, legislation for a Martin Luther King Jr. Day cleared Congress, and President Ronald Reagan signed it.

At Syracuse University in 1965, Dr. King said "change is not self-operative; you cannot depend upon American institutions to function without prodding and pressuring." ...

Martin Luther King gave over 2,500 public speeches during his lifetime – many of them were delivered without a manuscript and ...

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It's an easy decision, for me. Martin Luther King Jr. Day honors service, not self-gratification.

Martin Luther King's son recently joined Kristen Welker on NBC News before Martin Luther King Day, which also happened to be ...

The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his iconic "I Have a Dream" speech in 1963 on the steps ... the establishment of the holiday had a prolonged, difficult path to acceptance.

The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his iconic “I Have a Dream” speech in 1963 on the ... By the 1980s, the social and cultural climate in the U.S. had shifted and the public was reflecting ...

Martin Luther King Jr., who wrote parts of his “I Have a Dream” speech in South Carolina, was scheduled to be in Columbia on ...

WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — The city of Williamsport is getting ready for its celebration of Dream Week in honor of Martin Luther ...

Civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. traveled extensively in the fight for civil rights and several Florida stops were integral to his dream.