While most of the U.S. observes Martin Luther King Jr. Day, two states also recognize Robert E. Lee with a combined state holiday. Is AL one of them?

Today is Martin Luther King Jr. Day in Alabama. But alongside honors for the slain civil rights leader is recognition for Civil War general Robert E. Lee. Alabama and Mississippi are the only states ...

In 1963, King led several nonviolent campaigns in Birmingham, known at the time as "the most segregated city in America." ...

DEARBORN, MI - A significant piece of American history has been moved from Alabama to Michigan where it will soon be put on permanent display. The Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn announced the Dr.

Montgomery is where Dr. King served as a pastor and helped plan many historic civil rights events. Trumpets and drums rang out at a parade on Dexter Avenue. Bands were joined by civic groups and ...

The reverend and civil rights leader was a major proponent of using nonviolent protest to fight for equality.

1948 – Is ordained a Baptist minister. 1954 – Becomes the pastor of Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. December 1, 1955 – Seamstress and civil rights activist Rosa Parks refuses to ...

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a prominent Black civil rights activist and Baptist minister from Atlanta.