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The Penn State Scranton campus celebrated the achievements of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. while recognizing efforts of individuals promoting diversity on campus and in the surrounding community.

As a student at the University of Pittsburgh in the 1960s, Tim Stevens was among a group of students who drove Martin Luther ...

USC Aiken and Aiken Tech came together to celebrate the legacy Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. made to public service through ...

Residents gathered to celebrate the life of Martin Luther King Jr. and peace ahead of the presidential inauguration.

"While others were advocating for freedom by 'any means necessary,' including violence, Martin Luther King Jr. used the power of words and acts of nonviolent resistance, such as protests, grassroots ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day was established as a federal holiday in 1983 under President Ronald Reagan to commemorate King’s achievements during the Civil Rights Movement. It is also the first ...

To hear the 'story of a blind date that changed the course of a life' check out the first episode of King's 'My Legacy ...

Celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day came early in Kansas, beginning on his birthday with a march, a formal proclamation and words honoring the beloved civil rights figure. The Jan. 16 event, put ...

Martin Luther King Jr. didn’t originally set out to become a civil rights activist, according to his biographer. On a Jan. 3 episode of NPR’s Book of the Day podcast, Jonathan Eig, author of the ...

Jonathan Eig, author of the biography ‘King ... Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Martin Luther King Jr. didn’t originally set out to become a civil rights activist, according to his ...