Every year we honor the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. in January. Here's everything you need to know about the holiday.

Martin Luther King III, the son of civil rights advocate Martin Luther King Jr., said his father would be “quite disappointed” with the current world, but not surprised. King joined NBC News’s “Meet the Press,

On March 8, 1965, The Tennessean ran coverage of the march on Selma, Alabama, led by Martin Luther King Jr. where protesters were attacked by Alabama State Troopers. The Tennessean also covered the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on Aug. 28, 1963, which featured the famous “I Have a Dream" speech.