Martin Luther King Jr. Day is on Jan. 20 ... When the federal holiday was adopted in the 1980s, Mississippi lawmakers opted to add it to an existing holiday honoring Confederate general Robert ...

From being a preacher in an Atlanta Baptist church to one of the most quoted Civil Rights leaders, Martin Luther King Jr.’s journey was heavily covered by The Tennessean. Although many associate Tennessee with King's assassination,

In a rare happening, the King holiday falls on the same day as the presidential inauguration. Activists vow to continue the fight for civil rights.

It was first proposed four days after King’s 1968 assassination outside a Memphis motel. It took 15 years until it became a federal holiday.

Between 1957 and his assassination on April 4, 1968, at age 39, Martin Luther King Jr. gave 2,500 speeches, wrote sermons and homilies and published five books. Meanwhile, the number of books written about King surely number in the thousands.

From live music on Beale Street and mouth-watering BBQ to Elvis Presley's Graceland, Memphis is an easy city to fall in love with. For all the best things to see and do, places to eat, and where to stay,

Snow accumulations are possible across much of Mississippi, according to the revised forecast Sunday from the National Weather Service in Jackson.

From the Tulsa World Archive, we share the message that Martin Luther King Jr. delivered in 1960 at First Baptist Church North Tulsa to a capacity crowd.

As Donald Trump prepares to assume the presidency for a second time, he faces a news establishment on its heels — but not flat on its

At least 28 governors have now ordered flags to be flown at full-staff on Inauguration Day, raising flags before the end of the mourning period for Jimmy Carter.

Due to the incoming winter weather conditions, the MLK Coastwide Celebration Parade and Battle of the Bands have been canceled.