Martin Luther King Jr., who wrote parts of his “I Have a Dream” speech in South Carolina, was scheduled to be in Columbia on April 3, 1968, the day before he was killed.

During Martin Luther King Jr.'s years of public appearances, he visited S.C. 10 times between 1959 and 1967, favoring the Penn Center in as a special retreat.

Aiken’s annual celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. featured Christale Spain, a USCA alumna and the first black woman to chair the S.C. Democratic Party

King Day at the Dome started in 2000 as a protest to the Confederate flag flying over the State House dome and inside both legislative chambers.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebrations have kicked off at King's former congregation in Atlanta with a 70-member choir's rendition of Hallelujah and stern words from his youngest daughter warning against anti-woke rhetoric.

GREENWOOD COUNTY, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - Before Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. become a civil rights icon ... came right here through the Upstate of South Carolina,” Thomas said.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day is celebrated around the world, and in Columbia they have a tradition called King Day at the Dome.

King Day at the Dome event is set to take place on Monday morning.The South Carolina Conference of the NAACP will hold the event at 10 a.m., honoring

A massive 70-member choir belted out “Hallelujah” on Monday to open a Martin Luther King Jr. Day service at his former congregation in Atlanta, followed by a stern

SOUTH BEND — Over 900 attendees gathered in South Bend's Century Center ballroom on Monday, Jan. 20 for the 2025 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Community Service Recognition Breakfast. Hosted by the ...

Kandee Martin was shot once in the chest and once in the head on a dark country road, five days before her son's second birthday.

Representative Wendell Gilliard started the annual 'Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Picture Awards" in 1998 as a way to celebrate local community members whose