Martin Luther King Jr. wasn't born in Alabama, but his legacy and impact are felt throughout the state and in the heart of Birmingham. While at college in Boston, he met his wife, Coretta Scott King.

The U.S. is marking Martin Luther King Day, the federal holiday set aside to honor the life of the civil rights icon. But in Alabama and Mississippi, Monday is also Robert E. Lee Day in honor of ...

(WSFA) - The parade planned in Montgomery to celebrate and honor civil rights icon Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is happening on ... The Montgomery MLK Day Committee says the parade will proceed ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is always scheduled to take place on the third ... and Tennessee calls it Confederate Decoration Day. Alabama has a state holiday for Confederate President Jefferson Davis ...

He cofounded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference shortly after his home and church were bombed, and he became its ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The U.S. is set to mark Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the federal holiday set aside to honor the life of the civil rights icon. But in Alabama and Mississippi, Monday is ...

King led several nonviolent campaigns in Birmingham, known at the time as "the most segregated city in America." ...

Alabama lawmakers in 1901 named a January ... signed legislation naming the third Monday of January as Martin Luther King Jr. Day to honor the slain civil rights leader. States slowly added ...