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 ...

With Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a federal holiday honoring the late civil rights icon, falling on Monday this year, Michigan residents hoping to run errands or conduct business may be out of luck ...

Monday, Jan. 20 marks a federal holiday, but it's not for Inauguration Day -- it's in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Though King's birthday was on Jan. 15, the holiday honoring the civil ...

The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his iconic "I Have a Dream" speech in 1963 on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. He chose that location in part to honor President Abraham Lincoln as "a great ...

The 39th annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service took place Jan. 20 in the city of Elyria. Najia Daria Rayal Foundation collaborates to host ‘The Untold Story of Jimmy Townsend’ event Main ...