The U.S. is marking Martin Luther King Day, the federal holiday set aside to honor the life of the civil rights icon. But in Alabama and Mississippi, Monday is also Robert E. Lee Day in honor of ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is always scheduled to take ... When the federal holiday was adopted in the 1980s, Mississippi and Alabama lawmakers opted to add it to an existing holiday honoring ...

The two Civil Rights leaders had radically opposing but important approaches to the fight for equality, rights and justice ...

Martin Luther King Jr. wasn't born in Alabama, but his legacy and impact are felt throughout the state and in the heart of Birmingham. While at college in Boston, he met his wife, Coretta Scott King.

delivered in Selma, Alabama. Whether you use these inspiring passages for Instagram or simply plan to read them in quiet ...

The Rev. James D. Peters Jr. marched with Martin Luther King Jr. across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, and later ...

Martin Luther King Jr. was a trailblazing civil rights ... The massive protest ended after 381 days when the Alabama capital finally integrated its public transportation. “Science investigates ...

Trump signed Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park Act ... national championship game between the University of Alabama and the University of Georgia. Alveda King, niece of the slain ...

The 1965 rally featuring the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. drew a crowd of 20,000. At Saturday’s event, several hundred ...