Lisburn man Stephen McLoughlin recently pulled on his running shoes and took to the streets of Northern Ireland to raise ...

KINGSPORT, Tenn. (WJHL) — Kingsport hosted its 25th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day March on Saturday, commemorating the first march in the city after King’s assassination 57 years ago.

A sunny morning welcomed the Long Beach community to Martin Luther King Jr. Park for a tree planting celebration in honor of Earth Day on Tuesday, April 22. The Friends of MLK Park, in partnership ...

In 2005, the city officially began observing the date as Emancipation Day. In 1912 ... In 1963, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. wrote "Letter from Birmingham Jail" while imprisoned in Alabama ...

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 ...

COLDWATER, Mich. — The city of Coldwater celebrates Arbor Day and its' 19th year as a "Tree City USA" participant with the installation of a student-made sculpture. Branch County high school ...

Mississippi also celebrates Robert E. Lee Day on the same day as Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Alabama is the only other state that combines the Robert E. Lee and Martin Luther King Jr. holidays.

In accordance with the Uniform Monday Holiday Act, which declared certain federal holidays must fall on the same Monday every year regardless of the date change, MLK day was set to every third ...

In addition to Thursday's festivities, National Day of Prayer will extend to the weekend as retired NBA player Adrian Branch comes to town to share his journey through faith. Branch, a 1987 NBA ...

Mississippi also celebrates Robert E. Lee Day on the same day as Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Mississippi will celebrate Confederate Memorial Day soon. Only four states still honor the Civil War ...