WASHINGTON, Jan. 19 (UPI) -- The birth of Martin Luther King Jr. was marked Monday with a traditional national day of service, in which volunteers across the United States helped others.
ATLANTA, Jan. 18 (UPI) -- Hillary Clinton is a champion of social and racial justice, say the organizers of the King Center's "Salute to Greatness" dinner in Atlanta.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 (UPI) -- U.S. President-elect Barack Obama says he wants to renew Martin Luther King Jr. Day as a national day of service, as originally intended.
ATLANTA, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- Evangelical Rev. Rick Warren has been invited to speak at the Martin Luther King Commemorative Service in Atlanta the day before Barack Obama's inaugural.
ATLANTA, Nov. 29 (UPI) -- Some U.S. Christians, particularly African-Americans, say they see divine intervention at work in the election of U.S. President-elect Barack Obama.
DENVER, Aug. 28 (UPI) -- The children of the late civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. told Democratic National Convention delegates in Denver freedom rings in the Rockies.
NAIROBI, Kenya, June 4 (UPI) -- U.S. Sen Barack Obama's crossing the delegate threshold for the Democratic presidential nominee touched off celebrations in Kenya, home of Obama's father.
STANFORD, Calif., April 4 (UPI) -- The man who was Martin Luther King Jr.'s confidant and attorney says the state of race relations in the United States would sadden the civil rights icon.
MEMPHIS, April 2 (UPI) -- Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama has picked up the civil rights banner from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., a Memphis activist says.
ATLANTA, Jan. 21 (UPI) -- Atlanta's mayor, speaking Monday at a tribute to civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., noted historic changes that occurred since King's assassination.
