MLK Day

Dozens gathered at a Long Island synagogue to help others, on the only national holiday designated as a national day of service. But heavy on their minds was the hostage situation over the weekend at a Texas synagogue, and the increased threats against the Jewish community. NBC New York’s Greg Cergol reports.

NBC New York’s Melissa Russo reports.

NBC New York’s Romney Smith reports.

Americans must commit to the unfinished work of Martin Luther King Jr., delivering jobs and justice and protecting “the sacred right to vote, a right from which all other rights flow,” President Joe Biden said Monday.

The family of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. is honoring him on Monday by leading a voting rights march in Washington D.C. Vote.org CEO Andrea Hailey makes the case that voting rights is this generation’s civil rights issue.

The family of Martin Luther King Jr. crossed over D.C.’s new Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge on Monday as the world honors King’s life and legacy.

Yolanda Renee King declares a call to action to mark Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday: “Although you may not be old enough to vote, you are the future.”

Some relatives of the late Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. are spending the holiday named for him in conservative-leaning Arizona to mobilize support for languishing federal voting rights legislation.

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…

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

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

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.