As it does each year, the event raised money to support high achieving students with financial need through the William H.

Dr. King was invited to speak at “The Sunday Evening Forum" on the University of Arizona campus. Tucson native Jacque Barnes ...

The Defense Department’s intelligence agency has paused observances of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Pride Month, Holocaust Days of Remembrance and other cultural or historical annual events in response ...

Bakari Sellers encouraged Arizona high schoolers taking part in a MLK Day program to be "leaders of right now." ...

Iconic songs by Sam Cooke, Kim Weston, Public Enemy, Nina Simone, Marvin Gaye, Lauryn Hill, Kendrick Lamar and more depict ...

Kennedy, Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, and Martin Luther King Jr., in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) President Donald Trump speaks about ...

The march was one of several events around the region marking MLK Day. See photos below. People participate in the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Civil Rights Movement March on Monday, Jan. 20 ...

The crowd convened to honor Martin Luther King Jr., celebrate continuous efforts ... official holiday for the regional governments: MLK Jr. Day. The proclamation also asserted the leaders ...

Decades after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., there is still "so much work to do" in America when it comes to racial justice and the fight against prejudice. So in honor of the day ...

In 1987, Arizona Gov. Evan Mecham rescinded ... replacing "Human Rights Day." To this day, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is the only non-president to have a national holiday dedicated in his honor.

Only once before since it became a federal holiday has Martin Luther King Jr. Day fallen on the same day as a presidential inauguration. That was in 1997, when Bill Clinton took the oath of office ...