legislation for a Martin Luther King Jr. Day on the third Monday of January cleared Congress and President Ronald Reagan signed it. But Reagan's signing did not lead other Republicans to follow. It ...

Ten years later, in 1986, during Republican President Ronald Reagan’s second term, Congress passed laws recognizing Martin Luther King Jr. Day as a national holiday and designating February as ...

JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA - The FBI is looking into claims by a Gainesville-area minister that his father, not James Earl Ray, was the triggerman in the 1968 assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King ...

Martin Luther King III discusses the legacy of his iconic father and his emotional struggle to forge a path of his own in an ...

The challenges facing our nation are significant, and the solutions require collaboration, empathy and an unwavering commitment to justice.

The Pentagon’s intelligence agency has put on hold observances of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Juneteenth, Holocaust Days of Remembrance and other annual historical or cultural events due to ...

Early in the year, the significant legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. resonates strongly. The third Monday in January is Martin Luther King Jr. Day, providing an occasion for reflection, along with ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Defense Department’s intelligence agency has paused observances of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Pride Month, Holocaust Days of Remembrance and other cultural or historical ...

What experts on John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr and Bobby Kennedy assassinations hope to learn from files expected to ...