The breakfast, held annually on MLK day, honors the memory and legacy of Dr. King as well as the work of Reverend Jackson.

AmeriCorps members and community volunteers rolled up their sleeves Saturday to honor the work of Dr. King, beautifying ...

City and state leaders along with community members gathered at Soldier Field Monday morning for the 35th annual Dr. Martin ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- There are many events happening Monday for Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The DuSable Museum of African American History holds its annual tribute to Reverend Dr. King. Some of the events ...

On a chilly Monday morning hundreds gathered downtown for the annul Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade to celebrate his life ...

Eastern Illinois University's inaugural Martin Luther King Jr. Community Breakfast took place Monday morning in the hours ...

Sen. Raphael Warnock holds the same pulpit Martin Luther King Jr. once preached from. He told Morning Edition that "your life ...

Decades after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., there is still "so much work to do" in America when it comes to racial justice and the fight against prejudice. So in honor of the day ...

Minnijean Brown-Trickey was one of nine Black teenagers who enrolled at an all-white school following the passage of Brown vs ...

For the 3rd time in United States history, Martin Luther King Jr. Day overlapped with the Presidential inauguration.

Illinois became the first state to adopt ... and a crowd favorite that lives on today. Image 1 of 2 Martin Luther King Jr. Day, (sometimes referred to as MLK Day), is a national holiday in the ...