MLK's daughter spoke to Newsweek about the different trajectories of two Georgia natives, and how they aligned in the fight ...

Though the holiday is young, this will only be the 25th year that all 50 states recognize it together. Here's what's open and ...

As Donald Trump places his hand atop the Bible, I'll be reading Martin Luther King Jr.'s historic "Letter from a Birmingham ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day will coincide with the presidential ... place until three years later in 1986. Former President Jimmy Carter tried to do the same during his presidency, but Congress ...

Martin Luther King Jr., a reverend and civil-rights activist, was assassinated at 39. However, he inspired several movements and political changes.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is about unity, the celebration of King’s accomplishments and continuing to dream of peace, said ...

Confluence of Jimmy Carter’s funeral, Donald Trump’s inauguration, and the honoring of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday ...

Born less than five years apart in Georgia, the late President Jimmy Carter and Martin Luther King Jr. both came up during the civil rights movement, rising to the top of American politics to be ...

The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his iconic “I Have a ... to Seattle When Mount St. Helens erupted in 1980, President Jimmy Carter declared the entire state of Washington a federal disaster ...