(AP) — The U.S. is set to mark Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the federal holiday set aside to honor the life of the civil rights icon. But in Alabama and Mississippi, Monday is also Robert E.

A historic Black church in downtown Memphis that was the organizing point for Martin Luther King Jr.’s final campaign in 1968 caught fire early Monday morning and suffered significant damage.

Mississippi also celebrates Robert E. Lee Day on the same day as Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Alabama is the only other state that combines the Robert E. Lee and Martin Luther King Jr. holidays.

the youngest daughter of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., for Gary Mayor Eddie Melton to present her with a Key to the City — an honor bestowed upon her father 65 years prior in the ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a U.S. holiday and national day of service. It took a long time for the country to get there It was first proposed four days after King's 1968 assassination outside a ...

The gathering was near the site of a 20-foot-high memorial to racial equity, which shows Martin Luther King Jr. embracing his ...

Sixty years after the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. led a rally protesting housing discrimination and segregated schools in Boston, hundreds of people gathered at the same site to honor and reflect on t ...

A historic Black church in downtown Memphis that was the organizing point for Martin Luther King Jr.'s final stand has ...

A historic Black church in downtown Memphis that was the organizing point for Martin Luther King Jr.'s final stand has suffered a devastating fire MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- A historic Black church in ...

The Memphis Church Pivotal in Martin Luther King Jr.'s Final Days Suffers a Devastating Fire MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A historic Black church in downtown Memphis that was the organizing point for ...