Yolanda Renée King is the sole grandchild of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King—and is just as passionate. She ...

Here’s The Inspiring Reason Why Martin Luther King was originally named Michael King before changing both his name and his son’s name. By Kalyn Womack Published January 21, 2025 ...

Martin Luther King III, a civil rights activist and the son of Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, spoke to CBS News on MLK Day and Trump's inauguration.

When is Martin Luther King Jr. Day? The federal government shuts down on the third Monday of every January for the day to honor Martin Luther King Jr. This year, that day is Jan. 20.

Guests can register for the event online. Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service and Learning 10 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Saturday Rainbow PUSH Headquarters, 930 E. 50th St.

The site of the dilapidated building where Martin Luther King lived in 1966 at 1550 S. Hamlin is now the Dr. King Legacy Apartments, a $17 million project of 45 unites of affordable housing ...

In 1983, about 20 years after King’s “I Have a Dream” speech, legislation for a Martin Luther King Jr. Day on the third Monday of January cleared Congress and President Ronald Reagan signed it.

Martin Luther King Jr. might have been a giant in the Civil Rights Movement, but at home, the doting father of four was simply dad. As we observe what would have been his 96th birthday, look back ...

In an interview published by NPR’s Book of the Day podcast on Jan. 3, writer Jonathan Eig, who authored the biography 'King: A Life,' said that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was "a protest leader ...

Dexter Scott King, the youngest child of civil rights leaders the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, died of cancer Monday. In a press release, The King Center said the 62-year-old… ...

The King family in 1966: From left are Dexter, Yolanda, Martin Luther King Jr., Bernice, Coretta Scott King and Martin Luther King III. Atlanta Journal-Constitution, via Associated Press ...

There are more than 1,000 streets named after Martin Luther King Jr. around the world, according to estimates by Derek Alderman, a professor of Geography at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville.