On the third Monday of January — close to King’s Jan. 15 birthday — federal, state and local governments, institutions and various industries recognize Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

On the next "Arizona Horizon," it's a Martin Luther King Jr. Day special. We'll speak with the ASU professor who received the 2024 Martin Luther King Jr. Faculty Servant-Leadership Award.

“I’d like somebody to mention that day that Martin Luther King, Jr., tried to give his life serving others." King was shot at 6:05 p.m. on April 4, 1968, on the second-floor balcony of the ...

Monday, Jan. 20, marks the federal holiday honoring the life and birthday of iconic civil rights leader the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., who dedicated his life to speaking out against ...

In 1983, about 20 years after King’s “I Have a Dream” speech, legislation for a Martin Luther King Jr. Day on the third Monday of January cleared Congress and President Ronald Reagan signed ...

The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his iconic “I Have a Dream” speech in 1963 on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. He chose that location in part to honor President Abraham Lincoln as “a ...