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Mlk Day

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

Cedric The Entertainer prepares for his next big role: grand marshal

  • Jan 16

Brotherhood Crusade steers LA's next generation to see dream fulfilled

  • Jan 15

LA's Official MLK Day Parade entering new era, with a new chairman

  • Jan 14

Biden tells congregation, 'Keep the faith'

  • Jan 20, 2025

What's open and closed on MLK Day 2025?

  • Jan 17, 2025

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

  • Jan 16, 2024

Latest Videos

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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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ABC7 presents LA's Official MLK Day Parade 2026

  • Jan 19
1:52

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

  • Jan 16, 2024
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38th Annual Kingdom Day Parade celebrates Dr. King's legacy in Los Angeles

  • Jan 17, 2023
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MLK Day: Free COVID-19 testing event replaces parade in Los Angeles

  • Jan 17, 2022
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Rep. Maxine Waters discusses Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy

  • Jan 16, 2022
5:43

Former Neo-Nazi and Martin Luther King Jr's Daughter Start New Friendship

  • Jan 15, 2021
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Grand marshal Keke Palmer rides along during 2020 Kingdom Day Parade

  • Jan 24, 2020

Latest Stories

38th Annual Kingdom Day Parade celebrates Dr. King's legacy in Los Angeles

The 38th Annual Kingdom Day Parade in Los Angeles celebrated the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

  • Jan 17, 2023

New MLK and Coretta sculpture 'Embrace' unveiled in Boston where they first met

The 20-foot tall, 40-foot wide statue "symbolizes the hug Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. shared with his wife, Coretta, after he won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964," according to Embrace.

  • Jan 15, 2023

MLK Day: Free COVID-19 testing event replaces parade in Los Angeles

The annual Martin Luther King Jr. day parade in Los Angeles was canceled amid a new COVID-19 surge but organizers instead offered a free drive-thru testing event.

  • Jan 17, 2022
AP

MLK Day events in LA to honor Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy Monday

Los Angeles' premier annual event to mark Martin Luther King Jr. Day -- the Kingdom Day Parade in South L.A. -- has been canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but there are still a number of MLK-related events set for the Monday holiday.

  • Jan 16, 2022

In rare handwritten note, Martin Luther King Jr. reveals what he thinks is the meaning of love

A handwritten note by Civil Rights icon Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. is up for sale.

  • Feb 10, 2020