Local leaders are preparing to host the 17th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Peace March ... Nine months before Rosa Parks's famous act of civil disobedience, 15-year-old Claudette ...

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was killed almost 60 years ago Friday. Here is a quick look into his life and remarkable legacy.

typically remain open on MLK Day. That includes national parks, where entrance fees will be waived (at those parks that charge for admission) in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. It’s one of ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a U.S. holiday and national day of service. It took a long time for the country to get there It was first proposed four days after King's 1968 assassination outside a ...

One such individual was "the mother of the freedom movement" Rosa Parks ... ("Zero Day," "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever") as Parks, with Dexter Scott King as Martin Luther King, Jr. and Cicely ...

WASHINGTON - D.C. was buzzing with activity Monday as Martin Luther King Jr. Day and the presidential ... and there was a viewing for Rosa Parks here in the 2000s — two historical figures ...

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the towering figure of the civil ... The 1955 arrest of Rosa Parks for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white passenger became a catalyst for the Montgomery ...

The Rev. Martin Luther ... the King holiday. Supporters took a victory lap the next MLK Day with a packed arena concert attended by Wonder and other artists. Even Rosa Parks was there.

Lawrence Phillips, founder and CEO of Green Book Global Walk in the footsteps of one of history's most important figures with a visit to the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park.

(AP) — Legendary attorney Fred Gray — once deemed the “chief counsel” of the Civil Rights Movement by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. — was honored with ... civil rights leaders like King, Rosa Parks ...

Bernice King's work is focused on continuing to promote her parents' legacy of nonviolent social change through policy, ...