King was assassinated on April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee. He was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1977 and Congressional Gold Medal in 2004; Martin Luther King, Jr. Day ...

civil rights pioneer Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King. The House and Senate approved a bill to award Willie O'Ree the Congressional Gold Medal, and U.S. president Joe Biden ...

It will actually take place on the same day when the nation will be celebrating the memory of Martin Luther King Jr. The inauguration is scheduled ... of the president and vice president. The Joint ...

After Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's death, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1977 and a Congressional Gold ...

In recent years in Memphis, recognition of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr ... gold star at the 1968 Olympics who made history when he delivered a raised-fist "Black Power" salute while on the medal ...