Katie Hall passed Congress and was signed into law by former Republican President Richard Nixon in 1983 to make Martin Luther King Jr. Day a federal holiday. Bernice King interned in Hall's office ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Week at Lake Michigan College started with a community celebration with music and speeches.

251 Mills St. A wreath-laying ceremony to conclude the day of service in Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Park, 507 N. Rose Street, has been cancelled due to cold weather. Western Michigan ...

Arielle Gray's grandfather — then a teenager — joined the march to the Common led by King drawing attention to the racial ...

(WLUC) - Volunteers in Marquette celebrated the civil rights activist through community service on Monday in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. The Northern Michigan ... says the day means community ...

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 ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the third Monday in January, became federally recognized in 1983 when President Ronald Reagan signed it into law.

Michigan observes several state holidays, including New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, and Christmas Day. While many Michigan schools and businesses may be closed on April 18, Good Friday ...

The Dr. Martin Luther King Commission of Mid-Michigan held its annual essay ... We need to realize we are all one at the end of the day. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s “I Have a Dream” speech ...

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.

Faith leaders, civil rights advocates, and politicians gathered at the Boston Common on Saturday afternoon to honor the 60th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr ... Louise Day Hicks, a prominent ...

(AP) — A historic Black church in downtown Memphis that was the organizing point for Martin Luther King Jr.’s final campaign ... Karen Read retrial, Day 8: Jen McCabe’s text messages and ...