On April 16, 1963, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. wrote "Letter from Birmingham Jail" while imprisoned in Alabama for ...

On Easter Day, April 20, at 9:41 a.m., the Shreveport Police Department responded to a reported stabbing at on Peach Street ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a U.S. holiday and national day of service. It took a long time for the country to get there It was first proposed four days after King's 1968 assassination outside a ...

The Lincoln University Board of Curators approved a 5% tuition increase for next school year during its meeting on Thursday in Jefferson City, according to meeting documents. Mandatory fees will not ...

Two people were injured in a hit-and-run collision involving a red motorcycle in South Seattle Friday evening.

The National Civil Rights Museum held a moving tribute to honor the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. on the anniversary of his assassination. Speakers at the event, including State ...

About 10,000 pages of records related to the 1968 assassination of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy have been released, including ...

The Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial is free to visit 24 hours a day, but National Park Service rangers are only available to answer questions from 9:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily. It can be reached by ...

SOUTH BEND — A large mural is being planned for the west facade of the new Martin Luther King Jr. Dream Center to honor the slain civil rights leader. The plans were brought before the South ...