Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Jan. 7, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the federal holiday that honors the legacy of the American civil rights icon, is this month. Here ...

Professor of History at Stanford University and Director of the Martin Luther King Jr. Research and Education Institute. "The Birmingham demonstrations were the most massive civil rights protests ...

In the coming weeks, central Iowa and the rest of the United States will celebrate and honor the life of civil rights icon ...

January 20, 2025 - Martin Luther King Jr. Day. King’s actual birthday was on January 15. April 8, 1968 - Rep. John Conyers (D-MI) introduces legislation for a federal holiday to commemorate King, just ...

Bettmann Archive Despite being a revered leader of the civil rights movement, Dr. Martin Luther ... three kids, and he also really was overly protective.” Eig said that when King Jr. rose ...

To celebrate the life of the late Civil Rights leader, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., students are participating in a speech and arts contest to help them ...

President Carter cemented their relationship into history in 1980 by designating Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birth home and neighborhood as a national historic site. Now, his birth home ...

The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., a Baptist minister, activist and political philosopher, was one of the most influential and celebrated civil rights leaders in U.S. history. Before his April 4, ...

(CNN) — Here’s a look at Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a federal holiday that falls on the third Monday in January. April 8, 1968 – Rep. John Conyers (D-MI) introduces legislation for a ...

Despite being a revered leader of the civil rights movement, Dr. Martin Luther King ... for all three kids, and he also really was overly protective.” Eig said that when King Jr. rose to ...