No other president, Republican or Democrat, has ever used a Black History Month proclamation for such crass self-promotion.” ...

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.

On a day established to honor the life and memory of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., those gathered at the Dunbar Recreation ...

The confluence of events is thanks to a mandate of the 20th Amendment to the Constitution specifying Jan. 20 as the ...

Events in both Weirton and Steubenville celebrated Martin Luther King Jr. Day by reflecting on the life and work of the civil ...

With the date of presidential inaugurations and Martin Luther King Jr. Day both set by law, the two have - and will - keep overlapping.

The United States is paying tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's legacy the same day a new president was inaugurated.

Celebrating these opposed historical figures on the same day is wildly ironic. So, I wonder if Dr. King’s soul slept easy ...

While it is now a time-honored tradition, the establishment of Martin Luther King Jr. Day had a prolonged, difficult path to acceptance.