Organizations in the Philadelphia region are gearing up for a weekend of sharing to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. before Monday's national holiday. The giving factory Cradles to Crayons in ...

Billed as the largest Dr. King Day event in the nation, the Greater Philadelphia Martin Luther King Day of Service offers tons of opportunities to learn, build, clean and help on January 20th in ...

Hundreds of volunteers gathered at Girard Collage for the 28th annual Greater Philadelphia Martin Luther King Day of Service, focusing on gun violence prevention.

Here are several events happening in the Philadelphia region that will honor the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday, Jan. 15.

Stream Philadelphia News for free, 24/7, wherever you are with NBC10. ... Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a banking and stock market holiday, meaning many local bank branches will be closed, ...

The Philadelphia Martin Luther King Jr. Association for Nonviolence Inc., was back in full effect for this year’s observance of the King holiday.

PHILADELPHIA -- In August of 1965, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave a speech outside the gates of then-segregated Girard College in Philadelphia. His voice echoed across the city and nation, he ...

File photo: Martin Luther King Jr. acknowledges the crowd at the Lincoln Memorial for his "I Have a Dream" speech during the March on Washington on Aug. 28, 1963. Clarence B. Jones, 92, drafted ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is approaching quickly – Monday, Jan. 15 — and this year, the federal holiday falls on the actual birthday of the celebrated civil rights leader who was assassinated ...

The annual day of remembrance for Martin Luther King Jr. is less than two weeks away, falling on Monday, Jan. 20, the same day as Inauguration Day this year.. Here’s what to know about Martin ...

In an interview published by NPR’s Book of the Day podcast on Jan. 3, writer Jonathan Eig, who authored the biography 'King: A Life,' said that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was "a protest leader ...