The U.S. is marking Martin Luther King Day, the federal holiday set aside to honor the life of the civil rights icon. But in Alabama and Mississippi, Monday is also Robert E. Lee Day in honor of ...

The two Civil Rights leaders had radically opposing but important approaches to the fight for equality, rights and justice ...

1968 at just 39 years old Bettmann Archive/Getty To many of us, Martin Luther King Jr. was a mega-force for ... their plane as they prepare to fly to Alabama from Idlewild Airport in Queens ...

delivered in Selma, Alabama. Whether you use these inspiring passages for Instagram or simply plan to read them in quiet ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day became an officially observed holiday ... Dr. King married Scott on June 18, 1953, in Alabama. After enjoying a beautiful ceremony lead by King Sr., ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is always scheduled to take place ... When the federal holiday was adopted in the 1980s, Mississippi and Alabama lawmakers opted to add it to an existing holiday ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a U.S. holiday and national day ... a speech at an MLK breakfast hosted in Washington by the Rev. Al Sharpton's National Action Network. Sunday marks the 94th ...