On Monday, Jan. 19, Florida honors two historic figures with very different goals: Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and ...

As communities across the country on Monday hosted parades, panels and service projects for the 40th federal observation of ...

King Day at the Dome serves as a rallying cry to promote and advocate for the causes of freedom and equality each January in ...

The flag of a historically Black college or university (HBCU) will soon fly above the South Carolina State House for the ...

At this year’s King Day at the Dome, Democrats seeking statewide office this year pitched themselves to voters, urging them ...

The Movement for Black Lives, a coalition of organizations affiliated with the Black Lives Matter movement, had planned its ...

Even though the Trump administration terminated the National Links Trust’s lease on D.C.’s public golf courses, Langston’s ...

In 1981, Spain's Queen Sofia was required to get special permission from the government to bury her mother, Queen Frederica ...

Amid an effort to scrub the commemoration of the history of slavery and racism from national parks, dozens gathered in Spokane City Council chambers to insist on recognizing those holidays and that ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is this Monday, Jan. 19. How did it become a federal holiday and who gets the day off? Here's what ...

New data show that Friday is the highest fire danger day so far this year in Oklahoma after several grass fires recently ...

It’s exceedingly rare for airports, federal buildings, warships or other government assets to be named for someone still in ...