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.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day at the CMA noon, Monday, Jan. 20, Columbia Museum of Art. The museum will offer free admission and special MLK Day programming, including FAAAC Presents: A Storytelling Celebration with line dancing at Boyd Plaza from noon to 3 p.m. and storytelling from 1 to 2:30 p.m.

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 ...

Martin Luther King Jr. delivers an address at the Tomlinson High School athletic field in Kingstree, South Carolina, to encourage voter participation in upcoming elections in this 1966 file photo.

William E. Leuchtenburg, a prize-winning historian widely admired for his authoritative writings on the U.S. presidency and as the reigning scholar on Franklin Roosevelt and the

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

Members of both University of South Carolina Aiken and Aiken Technical college offered a helping hand at several community organizations in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. on Friday.

Aiken universities came together to celebrate the legacy Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. made to public service through their annual community celebration on Sunday.