King's son said he never thought racism would still be around and on the rise like it is today, as rally-goers urged activism ...

Sixty years after the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. led a rally protesting housing discrimination and segregated schools in ...

The IMALC and Dothan’s Delta Sigma Theta Alumnae Chapter kicked off MLK Day with their annual breakfast at North Highland Baptist. During the event, acts of African American history were on ...

Rick Rehm, R-Dothan, on Thursday. The bill is a clean addition of ... a combination holiday honoring Confederate General Robert E. Lee on the same day as Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The bill now moves ...

The Alabamian counties that produce the most peanuts are Houston, Baldwin and Geneva, while the city of Dothan in Houston calls itself ... actions that President Reagan named a day in January as the ...

DOTHAN, Ala. (WTVY) - Over 600 third graders across Dothan got to become scientists for a day. HudsonAlpha helped students extract DNA from strawberries as part of this unique science experiment.

Alabama lawmakers on Wednesday gave final passage to legislation that will make Juneteenth an official state holiday ...

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 ...

The government documents related to the 1968 assassinations of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Sen. Robert F. Kennedy are set to be released to the public "within the next few days," according to ...

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 ...

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.