President Jimmy Carter played a pivotal role in preserving Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birth home and neighborhood by designating it as a national historic site, now a national park. Carter's ...

Born less than five years apart in Georgia, the late President Jimmy Carter and Martin Luther King Jr. both came up during ... were not scheduled for the same day on purpose, "Sometimes, it ...

Martin Luther King Jr ... first made the day a federal holiday in 1983, but the first observances didn't take place until three years later in 1986. Former President Jimmy Carter tried to do ...

Less than two weeks after the stock market shuttered for former President Jimmy Carter’s state funeral, investors may be looking for another break on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. This year ...

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 ...

This Monday, January 20, is a federal holiday, commemorating the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr. The day will result ... Trump brutal cold shoulder at Jimmy Carter funeral READ MORE: Melania ...

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day will mark the third closure of the year after closures for New Year’s Day on Jan. 1 and for the National Day of Mourning after Jimmy Carter’s death, which was ...