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Martin Luther King Jr

City of Houston hosts first MLK Unity Parade

  • Jan 20
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Black advocacy groups vow 'day of resistance' on MLK holiday

  • Jan 19

National Park Service drops free admission on MLK Day, Juneteenth

  • Dec 7, 2025
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MLK's daughter says release Epstein files

  • Jul 22, 2025

Trump admin releases MLK's assassination records

  • Jul 22, 2025

Trump signs order to declassify JFK, MLK and RFK assassination files

  • Jan 24, 2025

What's open and closed on MLK Day 2025?

  • Jan 17, 2025

Dr. Virgil Wood, Civil Rights icon who worked with Dr. King, has died

  • Dec 30, 2024

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2026 MLK Unity Parade brings together 2 Martin Luther King Jr. parades for 1st time in 30 years

  • Jan 19
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Funeral services for 'Houston's Pastor' Bill Lawson begin next week

  • May 15, 2024
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MLK Day Parade

  • Feb 10, 2024
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NatGeo's 'Genius: MLK/X' cast host screening at The Paley Center

  • Feb 2, 2024
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A Day with Doctor King: How the McAllister Family Found themselves in History

  • Dec 12, 2023
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Volunteers help fight food insecurity on MLK Jr. Day in historic town

  • Jan 17, 2023
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How Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. inspires Houston's local activists in their work for civil rights

  • Jan 18, 2022
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How Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. inspires Houston's local activists in their work for civil rights

  • Jan 18, 2022

Latest Stories

When and where you can attend funeral services for Houston civil rights icon Rev. William Lawson

The city is mourning the death of a man and civil rights icon known by many as "Houston's Pastor." Here's how you can pay your respects to Rev. William A. Lawson and the legacy he left behind.

  • May 15, 2024

Rev. Bill Lawson, founder of Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church and civil rights icon, dies at 95

Rev. Bill Lawson not only founded Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church in Third Ward, but generations of Houstonians knew him as a trailblazer for equality.

  • May 14, 2024

Enthusiasm grows for Original MLK Day Parade this Black History Month

Houstonians had a second chance to honor civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on Saturday at the Original MLK Jr. Day Parade downtown.

  • Feb 10, 2024
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National Geographic's 'Genius: MLK/X' focuses on the early years of the Civil Rights icons

In honor of Black History Month, comes the first two episodes of a new limited series about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X.

  • Feb 2, 2024

National Geographic series 'Genius: MLK/X' premieres at the Smithsonian

The premiere for National Geographic's 'Genius: MLK/X' was held Thursday night at the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C.

  • Feb 1, 2024