On a picturesque autumn day in the White House Rose Garden in 1983, President Ronald Reagan signed the Martin Luther King Day bill into law. Even then, fifteen years after King had been gunned ...

It was 41 years ago that President Ronald Reagan made the third Monday in January an official federal holiday to honor Martin Luther King Jr.'s Jan. 15 birthday.

As the nation prepares to commemorate Martin Luther King Jr. Day, it’s worth remembering that venerated Republican deity Ronald Reagan opposed the King holiday right up until the day he signed ...

It has been 40 years since Ronald Reagan signed the bill making Martin Luther King Jr. Day an official national holiday. In that time the legacy of America’s most famous and formidable civil ...

As Donald Trump spends Martin Luther King Jr. Day with an empty public schedule, and Vice President Mike Pence spends the weekend trying to enlist the late civil rights hero in Trump's quest for a ...

Time Studios and Stevie Wonder’s Eyes ‘n’ Sound are partnering to produce a feature doc chronicling the cultural, political, and musical journey to make Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday a federal ...

“This is not a black holiday; it is a people’s holiday,” said Coretta Scott King after President Ronald Reagan signed the King Holiday Bill into law on Nov. 2, 1983. But in the complicated ...

A new feature documentary from Time Studios and Stevie Wonder’s Eyes ‘n’ Sound will highlight the music icon’s pivotal role ...

In 1983, about 20 years after King's "I Have a Dream" speech, legislation for a Martin Luther King Jr. Day on the third Monday of January cleared Congress and President Ronald Reagan signed it ...

Editors note: Versions of this editorial have appeared at earlier holidays. It was 41 years ago that President Ronald Reagan made the third Monday in January an official federal holiday to honor ...

As Donald Trump spends Martin Luther King Jr. Day with an empty public schedule, and Vice President Mike Pence spends the weekend trying to enlist the late civil rights hero in Trump's quest for a ...