Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

AmeriCorps, the federal agency for national service and volunteerism, leads the annual Martin Luther King, Jr., National Day of Service, in partnership with the King Center, and thousands of nonprofit groups, faith-based organizations, schools, and businesses nationwide.

Midday's 2025 MLK Day of Service show highlights two nonprofits supporting Maryland communities: HeartSmiles in Baltimore and City Youth Matrix in Frederick.

Tom speaks with community advocates and leaders who are fulfilling Dr. King's dream of supporting the 'Beloved Community.'

We go On The Record with the managing editor of AFRO American News. The AFRO Archives contains articles, announcements, photos and more dating back to 1892.

We go On the Record on Martin Luther King Jr. Day to learn how King’s crusade for Memphis sanitation workers in his last days reverberated in Maryland.

Local musician Wordsmith will debut a spoken word piece based on stories unearthed by the B&O Railroad Museum in 2022.

Bestselling author Jonathan Eig joins us to discuss his new book about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the first comprehensive biography of the slain social justice activist in nearly 40 years.

On August 28, nation honors the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington. Midday hears from journalists and faith leaders to reflect on the march's impact then and now.

Bestselling author Jonathan Eig on the first major biography on Dr. King in the last 40 years.

We’ll go On the Record with historian Chris Haley to talk about keeping Martin Luther King’s radical legacy alive. How do we counter the whitewashing of America’s past? Plus, what marching in the MLK parade means to some of its participants.