MLK Day

At least 28 people were arrested as groups of protesters gathered in New York City to march on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Hundreds of protesters in different groups throughout the city began rallying as early as noon on Monday as a part of a Black Liberation March to commemorate the life and legacy of the Civil Rights leader. The…

In a story January 18, 2021, about the inauguration, The Associated Press erroneously reported that 200,000 small flags displayed on the National Mall were placed there to honor the nearly 400,000 Americans killed in the coronavirus pandemic

The NYPD said officers arrested 30 protesters at a demonstration on Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

Service events on Martin Luther King Jr. Day took on added significance this year after the siege at the U.S. Capitol. NBC New York’s Gus Rosendale reports.