The memorial would replace an earlier monument of King at the corner of Reading Road and Martin Luther King Jr. Drive.

One speaker, Frank Smith, Jr., is the founding director of the African American Civil War Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C.

The Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial is free to visit 24 hours a day, but National Park Service rangers are only available to answer questions from 9:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily. It can be reached by ...

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 National Cannabis Festival celebrates 4/20 with a week of events in Washington, D.C. The festival will conclude with the ...

Celebrate documentaries and dramas at Filmfest D.C., explore hundreds of bands during Petworth PorchFest, and sample gourmet ...

Discover the deep history and connection between Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Penn Center, a former school for ...

A Richmond museum is preparing to open an exhibition in June that will explore the lives of free Black Virginians from 1619 ...

The deeply unpopular war led to the biggest and most consequential protest movement in U.S. history. Here are the key events ...

Is the Stock Market Open on Good Friday 2025? For those closely following the stock market, understanding its operating schedule is crucial. The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and the Nasdaq, two of ...

The apostolic journey's demanding itinerary, which spanned Sept. 19-28, 2015, included stops in New York, Philadelphia and ...