The holiday is celebrated each year on the third Monday of January, falling on Jan. 20 this year, which coincides with the ...

In September 1958, while promoting his first book at a Harlem, New York, bookstore Martin Luther King Jr was stabbed in the chest by a woman with a letter opener. The woman, a housekeeper named Izola ...

Martin Luther King Jr. might have been a giant in the Civil Rights Movement, but at home, the doting father of four was ...

Organizations across the NYC area are marking MLK Day with special events honoring the civil rights leader's legacy.

Official conclusions say lone gunmen committed the assassinations of President John Kennedy, Sen. Robert Kennedy and the Rev.

It’s rare for the two federal holidays to overlap, and this is just the third time in history that a president will take the ...

More than 50 years after he died at age 39 from an assassin’s bullet, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. endures as one of ...

We have compiled a list of events and activities you can participate in to commemorate King's legacy and learn more about his ...

Decades after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., there is still "so much work to do" in America when it comes to ...

Regional Food Bank of Northeastern New York was crammed Monday with people sorting food for the region's pantries.

The NFL community took to social media on Monday to honor the life and legacy of civil rights activist Dr. Martin Luther King ...

U.S. stock markets will be closed on Monday, Jan. 20, in observance of the Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday. The Nasdaq and ...