Martin Luther King Jr. Day is on Jan. 20 ... When the federal holiday was adopted in the 1980s, Mississippi lawmakers opted to add it to an existing holiday honoring Confederate general Robert ...

From being a preacher in an Atlanta Baptist church to one of the most quoted Civil Rights leaders, Martin Luther King Jr.’s journey was heavily covered by The Tennessean. Although many associate Tennessee with King's assassination,

In a rare happening, the King holiday falls on the same day as the presidential inauguration. Activists vow to continue the fight for civil rights.

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

Between 1957 and his assassination on April 4, 1968, at age 39, Martin Luther King Jr. gave 2,500 speeches, wrote sermons and homilies and published five books. Meanwhile, the number of books written about King surely number in the thousands.

This weekend kicks off a host of celebration events honoring the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The city of Jackson had its annual Martin Luther King Jr. parade at Freedom Corner. The parade included dozens of bands from the Mississippi Delta and New Orleans,

Every year, Martin Luther King Jr. Day brings many celebrations to the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Take a look at this year’s events, happening before and on the special day. See an event missing from this list?

(WKRG) — Baldwin County’s 38th annual celebration and march for Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day will take place ... and Rev. James Allen. Mississippi Power Company Customer Service ...

what services will be open Monday in Mississippi and what you can expect. Trump's Inauguration Day also falls on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, which is a federal holiday. But is it normally a ...

President Joe Biden is spending his final full day in office in South Carolina. It's a state that holds special meaning for him. Biden's win in the state's 2020 Democratic

From the Tulsa World Archive, we share the message that Martin Luther King Jr. delivered in 1960 at First Baptist Church North Tulsa to a capacity crowd.