The memorial would replace an earlier monument of King at the corner of Reading Road and Martin Luther King Jr. Drive.

Every president brings a personal touch to the Oval Office, and President Trump is going for gold. NPR's Michel Martin asks ...

After slashing hundreds of grants for cultural institutions, the agency is opening applications for the president’s widely ...

Trump’s rococo Oval Office decorations are old-fashioned, just not for Americans.

Those selected would receive up to $200,000 to create one of the 250 sculptures, which will be paid for in part with canceled ...

legislation for a Martin Luther King Jr. Day on the third Monday of January cleared Congress and President Ronald Reagan signed it. States held back as activists stepped up Reagan's signing did ...

The commemoration became a federal holiday in 1983 after Ronald Reagan signed the King ... overlapping with Martin Luther King Jr. Day and the inauguration.

Ronald Reagan kept a collection of bronze saddles and a jar of Jelly Bellys. Barack Obama introduced a bust of Martin Luther King Jr. and a bowl of apples. In his second term, Donald Trump ...

Martin Luther King ... holiday in honour of King. But it wasn't until 15 years later that civil rights activists continued to fight for this bill when President Ronald Reagan signed the King ...

On Monday, President Donald Trump invoked the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. during his inaugural ... was signed into law by President Ronald Reagan in 1983 and first observed in 1986.

American citizens are turning out in huge numbers to protest the assault on bedrock rights enshrined in the Constitution, the ...