NEW YORK (WABC) -- Communities across the nation celebrated the life of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday. Many participated in a day of service by volunteering and helping ...

NEW YORK — Organizations across the New York City marked Martin Luther King Jr. Day with special events honoring the civil rights leader's legacy. This year, the federal holiday also falls on ...

Area residents wishing to honor the life and legacy of the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. on his national holiday on Monday can take part in local MLK Day events. Utica City School Superintendent ...

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a complex man and an incredible leader, and it is important and instructive to reflect on his ...

Her work has previously appeared in Good Housekeeping, Woman's Day, Prevention, The New York Times, and others. Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Martin Luther King Jr. didn’t originally set ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a national holiday to celebrate the life and legacy of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., a pioneer in the fight for equal rights for Black Americans.

1968 at just 39 years old Bettmann Archive/Getty To many of us, Martin Luther King ... in Queens, New York. Tom Gallagher/NY Daily News Archive via Getty Moments before, King was pictured ...

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day will mark the third closure of the year after closures for New Year's Day on Jan. 1 and for the National Day of Mourning after Jimmy Carter's death, which was marked on ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a banking and stock market holiday, meaning many local bank branches will be closed, along with the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq. ATMs will still be accessible ...

Erin joined Newsweek in 2024 from the New York Post and had previously ... will also be closed. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated on April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee.