MLK's daughter spoke to Newsweek about the different trajectories of two Georgia natives, and how they aligned in the fight for ciivl rights.

The life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. will once again be celebrated and honored Monday in events around the nation.

Though the holiday is young, this will only be the 25th year that all 50 states recognize it together. Here's what's open and closed on Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

In Harlem, New York, while signing copies of his first book, “Stride Toward Freedom,” Izola Ware Curry stabbed King with a letter opener between his heart and lung. He was taken to Harlem Hospital where his physician, Dr. Aubré D. Maynard, said, “If you had sneezed, your aorta would have been punctured and you would have drowned in your own blood.”

Jimmy Carter, who died Dec. 29 at the age of 100, spent his life intertwined with America’s and the world’s enduring legacy of slavery.

The dual celebrations of a second Trump inauguration and the civil rights leader’s birth raise profound questions about Black leadership and progress toward the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream.

Flags, which were previously lowered to honor the late President Jimmy Carter, will return to half-staff from sunrise on January 21 until sunset on January 29 to continue the mourning period. “I am pleased to honor both the peaceful transition of power and President Carter’s legacy,” said Governor Stein.

Family and others carrying on Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy of equality, justice and nonviolent protest want Americans to remember that Monday's holiday is really about helping others.

As the holiday honoring the slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. approaches, his daughter is urging people ... falls on the MLK holiday — and on the legacy of President Jimmy Carter. Here are some of her observations.

Flags are flying at half-staff in honor of late former president Jimmy Carter, which Trump believes will be a distraction during his inauguration.

In these quiet ways — and others — people across the Washington region will honor Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday while thousands of others converge on the nation’s capital to celebrate President-elect Trump being sworn in for a second term.