ATHENS, Ala. (WAFF) - The Lincoln-Bridgeforth Park Committee hosted its Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration at Sweet Home Missionary Baptist Church in Athens on Monday to honor the legacy of ...

January 15 marks the birthday of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. More than 55 years after his assassination, he is widely revered and often mentioned alongside figures like Abraham Lincoln ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Some say President-elect Barack Obama's election has the same historical significance as the Emancipation Proclamation, signed by ...

To note Black History month, here’s a moment in history that unfolded at Lincoln’s Pershing Auditorium — one not memorialized in the giant mural now in storage awaiting restoration and reinstallation ...

ALBANY — County and city officials and citizens braved Monday’s cold temperatures to take part in the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Beloved Community March, which stepped off from the State Museum and ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day — celebrated on the third Monday of every January — is a federal holiday. The civil rights leader may be most remembered for his iconic "I Have a Dream" address at the ...

I want to take a moment to reflect on the importance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, which we celebrate Monday on what would have been Dr. King’s 95th birthday. Dr. King was a civil rights hero who ...

The Rev. Abraham Woods Jr., 80, a civil rights leader in Birmingham, Ala., who stood behind the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. during his 1963 "I Have a Dream" speech at the Lincoln Memorial, died of ...

SEVEN. WELL, THE DURHAM MUSEUM OFFERED FREE ADMISSION TODAY TO HONOR DOCTOR KING. VISITORS TOOK IN A NUMBER OF ACTIVITIES, LIKE A SCAVENGER HUNT AND A SPECIAL VIEWING OF KING’S FAMOUS I HAVE A DREAM ...