Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday is not only recognized as a national holiday, but marked a pivotal change in American history that has been celebrated for decades. On a chilly Friday evening, ...

Steve Schapiro tells the stories behind many of his iconic photographs in the new documentary, 'Steve Schapiro: Being ...

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 more ...

Opinion articles provide independent perspectives on key community issues, separate from our newsroom reporting. Curt Peters says he’ll always remember crouching at the feet of Dr. Martin Luther King ...

In 1988, then Annapolis alderman Carl Snowden put together The Martin Luther King Jr. Committee of Maryland. Among its chief purposes, to honor those who kept King’s legacy alive with their own ...

The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech, delivered on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in 1963, is so famous that it often eclipses his other speeches. King's greatest contribution ...

On this Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, January 15, 2024, when the most famous American Civil Rights leader in history would have turned 95, he would surely have celebrated the progress that has been ...

The Martin Luther King Jr. federal holiday is always on the third Monday in January, but many Americans see the civil rights leader’s name year-round on street corners. There are more than 1,000 ...

Were Martin Luther King alive in 2024 to celebrate his 95th birthday, what would he have to say about his nation’s contentious racial landscape? Black Americans still face real inequities. Look at the ...