Martin Luther King Jr and Malcolm X pictured during their first and only meeting, outside the US Capitol on 26 March 1964 . | Credit: Trikosko / Library of Congress / Interim Archives / Getty Images.

The holiday, observed annually on the third Monday of January, falls on Jan. 20 this year. Here's everything to know about Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2025, including why we celebrate it.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was fatally shot in Memphis in a public assassination on a hotel balcony on April 4, 1968. The shooter was identified as James Earl Ray, ...

Bernice A. King speaks with Cathy Lewis, a community engagement liaison, while partaking in a question and answer conversation during Old Dominion University’s 40th Annual Martin Luther King Jr ...

To kick off the Jan. 20 celebration, the Martin Luther King Jr. Commission of Florida began by honoring various award recipients — including Cayden Parker, a senior at Santa Fe High School, who ...

Martin Luther King Jr. was drawn to Memphis in 1968 to support some 1,300 predominantly Black sanitation workers who went on strike to protest inhumane treatment. AP You are viewing 1 of 6 images ...

Elizabeth Catlett, "Bust of Martin Luther King, Jr.," (1990), bronze with a green patina on a black marble plinth base; 18 x 13 3/8 x 11 1/4 inches (!45.7 x 34 x 29 cm) (© Catlett Mora Family ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Defense Department's intelligence agency has paused observances of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Pride Month, Holocaust Days of Remembrance and other cultural or historical ...

With Martin Luther King Jr. Day just around the corner, residents throughout mid-Michigan are preparing to celebrate and honor the civil rights leader’s legacy on Monday, Jan. 20.

They didn't hold high public office, they didn't fight wars and they didn't possess vast wealth and riches. Yet, Dr Martin Luther King Jr and Malcolm X still managed to become two of the most ...