"Unity is now returning to America, and confidence and pride is soaring like never before in everything we do," Trump said.

MLK visited Seattle. During his time in the city, he spoke at Garfield High School. Today we talked with demonstrators at the site.

Martin Luther King Jr. “called for the prioritization of people over profit and for more equitable distribution of wealth and resources.“

MLK Day, celebrated by many, reflects the enduring impact of Martin Luther King Jr., as 93% of Americans honor his life and legacy.

The Martin Luther King Jr. federal holiday has been observed ... King and the ferocious content of his character. The Washington Post accepts opinion articles on any topic. We welcome submissions ...

National Guard troops in Washington, D.C., patrol the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial on Jan. 18, 2021. The memorial was closed to the public through Jan. 21 due to security concerns surrounding the presidential inauguration scheduled for Jan.

"While others were advocating for freedom by 'any means necessary,' including violence, Martin Luther King Jr. used the power of words and acts of nonviolent resistance, such as protests, grassroots organizing, and civil disobedience to achieve seemingly impossible goals," according to The King Center.

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

President Donald Trump is slated to declassify files and documents relating to the assassinations of famous Americans “in the coming days.”

President Trump signed an executive order declassify any remaining files from Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination. MLK was shot and killed on April 4, 1968, in Memphis.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday mandating the release of records related to the assassinations of former President John F. Kennedy, ci