The dream of Dr. King doesn’t stop now, just because Martin Luther King Jr. Day is over. Dr. King’s nephew was in Colorado Springs yesterday, speaking on the King Center’s mission this year. Throughout this week,
On this Martin Luther King Jr. Day, we're taking a look at a church in Colorado Springs that is a symbol of faith, resilience, and history. Payne Chapel African Methodist Episcopal. The church has been a common place for people in our black community to worship and fellowship since the late 1800s.
Alongside Inauguration Day, is Martin Luther King Jr. Day, where the former American leader and civil rights activist is remembered, honored, and celebrated every third Monday of January. Even though the Colorado Springs area expects freezing temperatures tomorrow,
Two federal holidays are observed on Monday. Here's how banks, the DMV, government offices and grocery stores will be impacted.
The life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. will once again be celebrated and honored Monday in events around the nation.
Isaac Newton Farris Jr., public speaker and nephew to Martin Luther King Jr., sat down with KRDO13's Bradley Davis
In Pueblo, people gathered at the El Pueblo Museum to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy. The event was organized by the NAACP of Pueblo and the museum.
King, says Vern L. Howard, chair of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Commission, was in Denver to attend a Women’s Day program at New Hope Baptist Church in Park Hill. There, he heard ...
The nephew of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is in Colorado Springs for a series of panels and discussions on justice, democracy, and freedom in today’s social and political climate. Isaac Newton Farris Jr.
On the third Monday of the month, federal, state and local governments, institutions and various industries recognize Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
∎ Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Community Celebration: Come hear the words of civil rights icon Ruby Bridges at the Spartanburg Memorial Auditorium, located on 385 N. Church St. The event will take place on Sunday, Jan. 19 at 3 p.m.
As a state legislator, Wilma Webb was instrumental in pushing to make MLK Day a holiday in this state; it took her four tries before the Colorado Legislature finally approved creating a King holiday and Governor Richard Lamm signed the bill into law in 1984,