A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On April 3, 1968, civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. delivered what was to be his final speech, telling a rally ...

Arielle Gray's grandfather — then a teenager — joined the march to the Common led by King drawing attention to the racial ...

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 ...

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, observed on the third Monday of January each year, is a time to honor the life, legacy, and dream of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the most prominent leader of the ...

This year, on Jan. 20, as we honor and participate in the Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service, it is also inauguration day in the United States. In this moment of political transition ...

Despite bitterly cold temperatures this morning, thousands of Minnesotans came together across the Twin Cities to celebrate the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Early Monday morning ...

And that was with his words and his actions. And so Martin Luther King Day is about celebrating that man and the impacts he’s made on our country.” Cool stuff from Freeman, who has otherwise ...