The memorial would replace an earlier monument of King at the corner of Reading Road and Martin Luther King Jr. Drive.

South Carolina is one of only four states to observe the day as a state holiday, celebrating the lives of soldiers who fought to preserve slavery.

He chose that location in part to honor President Abraham Lincoln as “a great American ... institutions and various industries recognize Martin Luther King Jr. Day. For some, the holiday ...

Editor’s note: This story was originally published in 2018 for the 50th anniversary of the Martin Luther King Jr.

Those selected would receive up to $200,000 to create one of the 250 sculptures, which will be paid for in part with canceled ...

“A nation can be considered great when it defends liberty as Lincoln did, when it fosters a culture which enables people to ...

Pope Francis’s work here on Earth is finished. He lived the Gospel of Matthew 5-7. He lived like a member of a Pax Christi ...

Editor’s note: On the evening of April 3, 1968, the day before he was assassinated, Martin Luther King Jr. spoke to ... President by the name of Abraham Lincoln finally come to the conclusion ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day, observed on the third Monday of January ... In 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. stood on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial and delivered his iconic "I Have a Dream ...