A local non-profit is celebrating the Martin Luther King Junior holiday by holding its largest clothing drive of the year. More than 1,000 volunteers are expected to sort through about 25,000 ...

Updated for 2025. I n the United States, the third Monday of January is known as Martin Luther King, Jr. Day – a day to honor the life and legacy of Dr. King. (Dr. King was born on January 15th ...

Civil Rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., born in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1929, dedicated his life to achieving equality and justice for all Americans. He advocated the notion that a peaceful ...

More than 70 volunteers from unions, non-profit agencies, colleges and local schools Monday helped collect clothing and food for the needy to mark Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The annual day of ...

Preaching a message of nonviolent resistance, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was the leading voice of the American civil rights movement. The protests he organized, the marches he led and the ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — To honor the memory and legacy of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., a clothing drive is underway now until February 1. The City of Buffalo, joined by the Division ...

Martin Luther King Jr. was a civil rights leader and an American hero. Almost every American adult (95% in CBS News polling) believes he was an important figure in US history. But it wasn’t ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is approaching quickly – Monday, Jan. 15 — and this year, the federal holiday falls on the actual birthday of the celebrated civil rights leader who was assassinated ...

In an interview published by NPR’s Book of the Day podcast on Jan. 3, writer Jonathan Eig, who authored the biography 'King: A Life,' said that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was "a protest leader ...

In 2024, the federal holiday intended to celebrate the life of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. happened to fall on his actual birthday. Born in Atlanta, Georgia, on Jan. 15, 1929, King dedicated his ...