Presidential inaugurations are among the great American spectacles. The pomp and circumstance. Hail to the Chief. The power. The hope.

In 1983, about 20 years after King's "I Have a Dream" speech, legislation for a Martin Luther King Jr. Day on the third ...

January 20 holds a rare dual significance this year, as it marks both the inauguration of the 47th President of the United ...

The festivities will kick off today with a reception and fireworks display at Trump National Golf Club in Sterling, Virginia ...

Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke at Grosse Pointe South High School in an affluent Detroit, Michigan suburb. The title of his talk was “The Other America.” It also said he gave the same ...

The civil rights icon had visited Temple Beth-El in 1967 and delivered a speech in which he denounced inequality, violence on ...

As Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Inauguration Day overlap on January 20, 2025, many offices and services will be closed.

The King Holiday Service Act was signed into law in 1994. It remains the only national designated day of service in the United States.

The event’s Human Dignity Awards were presented to the Southeast Disaster Response Team and John E. Warren for their ...

King delivered his iconic "I Have a Dream" speech in 1963, which became a seminal moment in the Civil Rights Movement in the ...

Even during the height of racial segregation in the 1960s, Dr. King envisioned a world where his kids' would not be judged by the color of their skin.