The first Martin Luther King Jr. Day was January 20, 1986. Coretta Scott King, the wife of Dr. King, had a great idea in the year prior to the first observance of the federal holiday. Speaking at ...

The first Martin Luther King Jr. Day was January 20, 1986. Coretta Scott King, the wife of Dr. King, had a great idea in the year prior to the first observance of the federal holiday. Speaking at ...

The first Martin Luther King Jr. Day was January 20, 1986. Coretta Scott King, the wife of Dr. King, had a great idea in the year prior to the first observance of the federal holiday. Speaking at a ...

OPINION: Donna Brazile, who worked with Coretta Scott King to make MLK Day ... Doing this is the best way for us to honor King’s memory and continue his noble mission. Donna Brazile is an ...

Efforts from King’s widow, Coretta Scott King, lawmakers ... which former President Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law in 1968. It originally designated three federal holidays, Memorial ...

Martin Luther King Jr. and his wife, Coretta Scott King, had four children ... signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson just a few months after the brutality of Bloody Sunday shocked ...

Born April 27, 1927, in Heiberger, Alabama, she faced segregation head-on from childhood, walking five miles to school while ...

Coretta Scott King played a pivotal role in establishing the country we live in today. She was born on April 27, 1927, in Heiberger, Alabama, and became a well-known trailblazer in the Civil ...