Martin Luther King Jr. knew the political ... In that revolutionary speech, King described how he was morally compelled to speak out against the war. In the days and weeks after, he would lose ...

Letter: King would be championing policies that challenge systemic injustice: the passage of the John Lewis Voting Rights ...

Family and others carrying on Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy of equality, justice and nonviolent protest want Americans to remember that Monday's holiday is really about helping others.

The federal holiday honors the life and legacy of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., a civil rights leader who dedicated his life to speaking out against injustice, inequality, poverty and war.

It was 1963 when Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered "I Have a Dream," one of the most famous speeches in American history ... recalls most of his history lessons in school being about World War I ...

The Rev. Martin ... American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today.” Now, millions of people honor King in the same way. READ MORE: Dexter Scott King, younger son of Martin Luther King Jr ...

The Pentagon’s intelligence agency has put on hold observances of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Juneteenth ... Holocaust Days of Remembrance, Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month ...

The Rev. Martin ... War. Supporters, meanwhile, were still calling for federal holiday status. In 1983, about 20 years after King’s “I Have a Dream” speech, legislation for a Martin Luther ...

The Long Struggle to Establish Martin Luther King Jr. Day The Rev. Martin Luther King ... to honor President Abraham Lincoln as “a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today.” ...

(AP Photo/Chick Harrity) The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his iconic “I Have a Dream” speech in 1963 on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. He chose that location in part to honor President Abraham ...