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On this day, 57 years ago, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated while standing on the balcony of his motel room at the ...

The family of Martin Luther King Jr. protested President Donald Trump's ... in retaliation for his support of Israel following the 1967 Six-Day War. He died 25 hours later.

Civil Rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis ... he gave a speech at the Mason Temple Church and was killed the next day. James Earl Ray was convicted of King's ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a U.S. holiday and national day of service. It took a long time for the country to get there It was first proposed four days after King's 1968 assassination outside a ...

"We will follow Martin Luther King as an example," Le Pen said in a ... reaching billions of people worldwide every day. Reuters provides business, financial, national and international news ...

Entertainers including Wonder canceled Arizona events ... A ‘day on, not a day off’ Martin Luther King Jr. Day's reach has only grown in its 42 years. It's the only federal holiday where ...

New walkways, landscaping and a gateway plaza featuring a famous Martin ... the day of MLK's assassination in 1968. The city will transform the southern portion of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr ...

KINGSPORT, Tenn. (WJHL) — Kingsport hosted its 25th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day March on Saturday, commemorating the first march in the city after King’s assassination 57 years ago.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a federal holiday honoring the life and legacy of the iconic civil rights leader. This year's MLK Day also falls on Inauguration Day for President-elect Donald Trump ...

Marchers walked alongside local and state leaders that included Arizona Gov ... the first city in the state to make Martin Luther King Jr. Day a paid holiday. "For me it's about making sure ...

It took a long and contentious fight to make Martin Luther King Jr. Day a state holiday in Arizona. The big picture: The movement to carve out a day to honor King began shortly after his 1968 ...