GREENSBORO, N.C. — UPDATE (10:57 p.m.): A 19-year-old died as a result of the accident. Officers said 19-year-old Noah Raymond Way was driving his motorcycle northbound on MLK Jr. Drive when he ...
King won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964, among several other honors. Assassinated by James Earl Ray, King died on April 4, 1968, at age 39. He continues to be remembered as one of the most influential ...
Annually, around the time of Monday’s federal holiday, there is a noticeable uptick in education and conversation about the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr., one of the most prominent ...
The Martin Luther King Jr. federal holiday has been observed now for 39 years — the same length as King’s life. At the time of the first celebration in 1986, M. Carl Holman, president of the ...