But in the complicated history of Martin Luther King, Jr Day, it has only recently been a holiday for all the people, ... unable to gain enough support until President Jimmy Carter, ...

President Jimmy Carter played a pivotal role in preserving Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birth home and neighborhood by designating it as a national historic site, now a national park.

Bernice King, the daughter of Martin Luther King Jr., tells PEOPLE that Jimmy Carter would have a hard time getting elected president in today's modern political system Skip to content PEOPLE ...

Dr. Bernice King, daughter of Martin Luther King Jr., interviewed President Jimmy Carter in a National Park Service program at the Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site. The conversation ...

ATLANTA — The voice of Martin Luther King Sr., a melodic tenor like his slain son, carried across Madison Square Garden, calming the raucous Democrats who had nominated his friend and fellow ...

President Jimmy Carter, left, presents the Medal of Freedom Award to Coretta King, wife of the late Martin Luther King Jr., during a ceremony at the White House in Washington on Monday, July 13, 1977.

Margaret Carter, who created the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday in Oregon ... that combined the two state holidays dedicated to Abraham Lincoln and George Washington into a single President’s Day.