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Mlk Day

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Biden tells congregation, 'Keep the faith'

  • Jan 20, 2025
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What's open and closed on MLK Day 2025?

  • Jan 17, 2025

Houston hip-hop icons headline concert raising money for students

  • Jan 14, 2025

Enthusiasm grows for rare Original MLK Day Parade this weekend

  • Feb 10, 2024

MLK Day parades in Houston postponed on Monday due to weather concerns

  • Jan 15, 2024

Original MLK Jr. Day Parade seeking participants with 'brotherly love'

  • Sep 8, 2023

Larger than life art and lion dancers highlight ABC13's We Belong

  • Mar 10, 2023

Houston's Original MLK Jr. Day Parade celebrates big anniversary

  • Jan 16, 2023

Latest Videos

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Original MLK Jr. Day Parade marches on hours ahead of hard freeze

  • Jan 20, 2025
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Houston hip hop icons headline MLK weekend concert raising money for students

  • Jan 14, 2025
1:03:22

MLK Day Parade

  • Feb 10, 2024
16:04

 Larger than life art and lion dancers highlight ABC13's We Belong first 2023 episode

  • Mar 10, 2023
2:50

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
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Houstonians celebrate life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.

  • Jan 19, 2021
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Rev. Bill Lawson remembers MLK Jr. as 'brilliant'

  • Jan 18, 2021

Latest Stories

New MLK and Coretta sculpture 'Embrace' unveiled in Boston where they first met

The 20-foot tall, 40-foot wide statue "symbolizes the hug Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. shared with his wife, Coretta, after he won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964," according to Embrace.

  • Jan 15, 2023

How Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. inspires Houston's activists in their work for civil rights

As Shelly Baker looks towards the future, she said she hopes to see more acceptance, collaboration, and guidance between the older and younger generation of community activists.

  • Jan 18, 2022

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day: Why does Houston have 2 MLK parades?

The two parades, one in Midtown and one in Downtown, have gone on for decades, but haven't been able to combine. Why?

  • Jan 17, 2022

After 2020, MLK Day brings more meaning to Houstonians looking to help

From Freedmen Town to the Acres Homes to the Fifth Ward, helping neighbors is something volunteers say makes Houston beautiful.

  • Jan 19, 2021

Houston's Original MLK Day Parade goes virtual for 2021

The pandemic won't keep the tradition from proceeding, but it will be much different than in years' past.

  • Jan 17, 2021