Jaron Chambers is thrilled to see his three young daughters learn about the civil rights movement — including Dr. Martin ...

On his second day in office, President Donald Trump labeled O.F.C.C.P.’s efforts to enforce the 1964 Civil Rights Act illegal ...

Juneteenth has been a federal holiday since 2021. For the last four years, Alabama’s current Republican governor, Kay Ivey, used her executive powers to designate Juneteenth as a state holiday. The ...

A new wave of Trump protests are planned nationwide. Good Trouble Lives On events in Mississippi want to keep the momentum of ...

Mississippians who are uncomfortable with the state recognizing Confederate Memorial Day as a holiday have options.

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 ...

Martin Luther King III on Trump's inauguration 05:59. Only once before since it became a federal holiday has Martin Luther King Jr. Day fallen on the same day as a presidential inauguration. That ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The U.S. is set to mark Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the federal holiday set aside to honor the life of the civil rights icon. But in Alabama and Mississippi, Monday is also ...

The federal government shuts down on the third Monday of every January for the day to honor Martin Luther King Jr. This year, that day is Jan. 20. The holiday in his honor is timed to honor King ...

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 ...

Martin Luther King Jr. on the power of voting 01:34 The U.S. is marking Martin Luther King Day , the federal holiday set aside to honor the life of the civil rights icon.

The U.S. is set to mark Martin Luther King Jr. 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 ...