The memorial would replace an earlier monument of King at the corner of Reading Road and Martin Luther King Jr. Drive.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a U.S. holiday and national day ... rights leader with a speech at an MLK breakfast hosted in Washington by the Rev. Al Sharpton's National Action Network.

The Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial is free to visit 24 hours a day, but National Park Service ... Jr. Memorial page. DC Monument Night Tour (Smaller Glass Roof Convertible Available) (6271 ...

King's son said he never thought racism would still be around and on the rise like it is today, as rally-goers urged activism ...

A newly discovered note from CT’s first editor, Carl Henry, shows how King’s Birmingham Jail missive shifted a white pastor’s ...

Pope Francis visited the United States for the first time, where he received a grand welcome in the nation’s capital before ...

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's purse was stolen at a Washington, D.C. restaurant Sunday night, according to ...

Inauguration Day and Martin Luther King Jr. Day both fall on Jan. 20 this year. Since 1965, federal employees in the Washington, D.C., area are entitled to a holiday on the day a president is ...

as well as the construction of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial in Washington, D.C. When he heard the main sculptor for the project lived in China, he was inspired as an American to do his own ...

Celebrate documentaries and dramas at Filmfest D.C., explore hundreds of bands during Petworth PorchFest, and sample gourmet chocolate from around the world.

a young minister asked the day I was there ... that might bring federal intervention on a large scale. When Martin Luther King visited the state recently in support of the Freedom Democratic ...

If you've never been to Washington, D.C. before, plan to spend some time ... the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial and the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial. A memorial to Virginia Declaration ...