President Obama, first lady Michelle Obama and their daughters on Monday marked Martin Luther King Jr. Day with a community service project at the D.C. Central Kitchen. The family, joined by ...

As Americans celebrate the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr., civil rights leaders and activists are trying to reconcile the transition from the nation’s first black president to a president ...

On Martin Luther King Jr. Day a year after the first African-American president took office, Americans appear to have mixed views about the impact of President Obama's election on race relations.

President Barack Obama (right) and President of Brazil Dilma Rousseff visit the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial, with National Park Service National Mall Superintendent Karen Laura Cucurullo in ...

Plenty of social activists and political figures have taken to social media to honor civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. this year, but Barack Obama's 2021 Martin Luther King Jr. Day tweet ...

If Martin Luther King Jr. had been allowed to live out a normal life—if he hadn’t been cut down by an assassin’s bullet before he even turned 40—he might’ve lived to see today: He might ...

Monday is a day of commemoration for President Obama. The president and first lady Michelle Obama will participate in a community service event to honor civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr. on ...

Barack Hussein Obama was sworn in Jan. 20, 2009, as the 44th president of the United States. On King Jr. Day, Reflections On Obama's Moment January 19, 2009 1:00 PM ET ...

Future generations may mull the divine meaning of Barack Obama’s celebration and pageantry taking place on the very day set aside to honor Martin Luther King Jr., the civil rights leader gunned ...

King recalled, “at that moment, I could hear an inner voice saying to me, ‘Martin Luther, stand up for righteousness. Stand up for justice. Stand up for truth.

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., challenged our Nation to ...