Friday marked the 57th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The civil rights icon spent time in Chicago fighting for racial and ... was assassinated for are being destroyed ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is celebrated annually on the third ... rights efforts into other larger American cities, ...

It erases the systemic, longstanding segregation and racial inequality endemic in Northern cities and marginalizes the robust, years-long movement in Chicago that Martin Luther King supported and ...

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 ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a federal holiday honoring the life ... Sanitation departments for major cities, including New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Houston, also list similar information ...

Editor’s note: This story was originally published in 2018 for the 50th anniversary of the Martin Luther King Jr. assassination. April 4 marks the anniversary of the day Dr. Martin Luther King ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a federal holiday, which means banks will be closed and government services as well, such as city offices, animal services, administrative offices of the police ...

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, observed on the third Monday of January each year, is a time to honor the life, legacy, and dream of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the most prominent leader of the ...

People of all ages lined the streets to remember Martin Luther King Jr. and his teachings. Michael Miller lives in Chicago but was ... for the 53rd annual MLK Jr. Day Parade.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Friday marked the 57th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The civil rights ... for are being destroyed every day," marcher Eric Kittrell said.