Detroiters like Stevie Wonder and John Conyers were instrumental in making Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday a federal ...

Family and others carrying on Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy of equality, justice and nonviolent protest want Americans to remember that Monday's holiday is really about helping others.

On Tuesday, Representative John Conyers (D., Mich.) announced that he would “retire” from Congress, effectively immediately. Conyers, who has spent the last 53 years in office — Bonanza was ...

Mr Conyers is the longest-serving member of the US Congress Michigan lawmaker John Conyers, who is facing claims that he sexually harassed former aides, has said he will retire from the US House ...

In 1983, about 20 years after King’s “I Have a Dream” speech, legislation for a Martin Luther King Jr. Day cleared Congress, and President Ronald Reagan signed it.

where he delivered a speech, “The Other America,” at Grosse Pointe High School (later renamed, Grosse Pointe South High School.) John Conyers, U.S. Representative for Michigan's 14th ...