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 ...

Donald Trump revealed that several Black icons, including Kobe Bryant, will be immortalized with a statue in the National Garden of American Heroes. Video This tribute will place Bryant alongside […] ...

Lawrence Phillips, founder and CEO of Green Book Global Walk in the footsteps of one of history's most important figures with a visit to the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park.

He also is the only non-president with a memorial on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. And Martin Luther King Jr. Day is the only federal holiday designated as a day of service. King’s widow, the ...

The monument to Martin Luther King Jr. on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 15, 2024. Luther King Jr. today. Samuel Corum / Getty Images Like when his father was alive, King said ...

The second of two defendants charged with taking parts of the Martin Luther King Jr. memorial in Denver’s City Park pleaded ...

King led several nonviolent campaigns in Birmingham, known at the time as "the most segregated city in America." ...

Initially, the march was a protest to get lawmakers to recognize Martin Luther King Jr. Day as a state holiday ... events celebrating King’s life in Washington, D.C., simultaneously with ...

For our complete Black History Month coverage, click here. When he was born Jan. 15, 1929, Martin Luther King Jr.’s name was Michael. It’s the name originally on his birth certificate. He was named ...

in front of a crowd of nearly 250,000 people spread across the National Mall in Washington, DC, my father, the Baptist preacher and civil rights leader Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr ...

This weekend, thousands gathered… Thousands converged Saturday on the National Mall for the 60th anniversary of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s March on Washington, saying a country that remains ...