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Martin Luther King Jr

Picture-perfect weather greets LA's Official MLK Day Parade revelers

  • Jan 20
Jeffrey Collins

Black advocacy groups vow 'day of resistance' on MLK holiday

  • Jan 19

National Park Service drops free admission on MLK Day, Juneteenth

  • Dec 7, 2025
AP Photo/Horace Cort

MLK's daughter says release Epstein files

  • Jul 22, 2025

Trump admin releases MLK's assassination records

  • Jul 21, 2025

2025 Kingdom Day Parade brings South LA together for celebration

  • Feb 17, 2025

Civil Rights attorney Ben Crump will be MLK parade Grand Marshall

  • Feb 12, 2025

LA's Kingdom Day Parade chairman, Dr. Dove, to retire after 14 years

  • Feb 12, 2025

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Thousands gather for day of unity and celebration at LA's Official MLK Jr. Day Parade

  • Jan 19
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National Park Service drops free admission on MLK Day, Juneteenth

  • Dec 7, 2025
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Trump administration releases FBI records on MLK Jr.'s assassination

  • Jul 21, 2025
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2025 Kingdom Day Parade brings community together for celebration in South Los Angeles

  • Feb 17, 2025
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2025 Kingdom Day Parade brings community together for celebration in South Los Angeles

  • Feb 17, 2025
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Thousands expected to line LA streets for 2025 Kingdom Day Parade

  • Feb 17, 2025
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President Trump signs order to declassify JFK, MLK and RFK assassination files

  • Jan 24, 2025
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2025 Kingdom Day Parade in LA rescheduled to Feb. 17

  • Jan 17, 2025

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President Trump signs order to declassify JFK, MLK and RFK assassination files

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order aiming to declassify remaining federal records relating to the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, and Martin Luther King Jr.

  • Jan 24, 2025
AP Photo/Craig Ruttle, file

What's open and closed on Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2025?

This year, the holiday falls on Monday, Jan. 20. It's a federal holiday, which means government agencies, banks and many corporate offices will closed for the day.

  • Jan 17, 2025
National Geographic

National Geographic's 'Genius: MLK/X' focuses on the early years of the Civil Rights icons

In honor of Black History Month, comes the first two episodes of a new limited series about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X.

  • Feb 2, 2024

National Geographic series 'Genius: MLK/X' premieres at the Smithsonian

The premiere for National Geographic's 'Genius: MLK/X' was held Thursday night at the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C.

  • Feb 1, 2024

Hundreds of young volunteers in LA work to beautify their community on MLK Day

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is also a national day of service, and on Monday hundreds of volunteers in Los Angeles got to work to beautify some of the local schools.

  • Jan 16, 2024