This year, there are a plethora of opportunities around the Portland metro area to celebrate, reflect and give back on Martin Luther King Jr. Day ... to create art for social change.

The Nativity School to hold Open House The Nativity School is holding an Open House for all current and prospective families on Sunday, Jan. 26 from 9:45-10:45 a.m. It’s an opportunity to ...

Vashon Center for the Arts, including many families and young children. The event opened with a performance by the Vashon Island High School band, led by conductor Britt Dahlgren, of several anthems ...

TOPSHOT - US civil rights leader Martin Luther King (C) waves to supporters 28 August 1963 on the ... [+] Mall in Washington DC (Washington Monument in background) during the "March on Washington ...

Today marks the 30th anniversary of the Martin Luther King Jr. National Day of Service, a day dedicated to honoring the life and legacy of Dr. King, a key figure in the American Civil Rights Movement.

TIFF CHRIS THANK YOU. WELL, TODAY WE CELEBRATE DOCTOR MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR DAY. CITIES ACROSS OUR AREA ARE HONORING THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF THE PROMINENT CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER. AND THAT INCLUDES ...

1134 Dr. Martin Luther King Drive. About 70 choir students from Gilmore Fine Arts K-8 School performed two songs, including “Better Days,” which has the lyric “I know better days are coming.” ...

The name we recognize today as one of the most powerful voices during the Civil Rights Movement, Martin Luther King Jr., was originally not named “Martin Luther.” His father decided to change ...

On Monday, Jan. 20, community partners, vendors and locals throughout Athens braced the cold, gathering on Washington Street to celebrate the legacy of Martin Luther ... her art to propel King ...

The US will honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on MLK Day, recognized as a National Day of Service. King, known for his role in the Civil Rights movement and his advocacy for nonviolence ...

Only once before since it became a federal holiday has Martin Luther King Jr. Day fallen on the same day as a presidential inauguration. That was in 1997, when Bill Clinton took the oath of office ...

Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Martin Luther King Jr. didn’t originally set out to become a civil rights activist, according to his biographer. On a Jan. 3 episode of NPR’s Book of the ...