It was first proposed four days after King's 1968 assassination outside a Memphis motel. It took 15 years until it became a ...

It wasn't until nearly 20 years after his assassination that Martin Luther King Jr. Day became federally recognized in 1983, when President Ronald Reagan signed it into law. The holiday was ...

Donald Trump will celebrate his Inauguration Day today, the same day as MLK Day. How many times have the two days overlapped?

Every year we honor the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. in January. Here's everything you need to know about the holiday.

The U.S. is marking Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a federal holiday. But in Alabama and Mississippi, it's also Robert E. Lee Day, in honor of the Confederate general.

The annual day of remembrance for Martin Luther ... four days after King was assassinated but was not passed until 15 years after his death. On Nov. 2, 1983, President Ronald Reagan signed a ...

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.