Martin Luther King Jr.’s life in pictures Horace Cort/AP Preaching a message of nonviolent resistance, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was the leading voice of the American civil rights movement.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day was marked today by the 38th Kingdom Day Parade in Leimert Park. Hundreds of people lined the parade route, with days of rain finally letting up and the skies clearing ...

Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. made history as a defining leader of the Civil Rights movement who preached a message of nonviolent resistance. His hand in organizing a number of significant protests ...

A new picture book about Lewis and two about Coretta Scott King make for illuminating reading on the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s holiday and throughout the year.

The upper portion of a statue depicting Martin Luther King Jr. at MacGregor Park in Houston on November 28, 2024 Leah L. Jones During a cool afternoon last October, on South Martin Luther King Jr ...

When is Martin Luther King Jr. Day? Martin Luther King Jr. Day is on Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. The holiday takes place on the third Monday in January, and has done so since it was first observed.