Martin Luther King Jr. Day is Jan. 19 and is a federal holiday. Many mark the day by doing volunteer and service activities in their communities.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a federal holiday observed on the third Monday of January. Typical activities for this day include cleanups, coat giveaways, donation drives and educational programs.

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Southern New Jersey is gearing up for a full slate of events honoring the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., with ...

How gladiators in ancient Anatolia lived to entertain the masses The sun illuminated the stadium in Ephesus, a wealthy harbor city in western Anatolia, on a day of eagerly anticipated gladiatorial ...

The renovated Kestros Fountain is a unique monument of the ancient city of Perga in Antalya, Turkey. Credit: Seynaeve, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons The central fountain of the ancient Greek city ...

Known as the “Apostle of the Nations”, Saint Paul was one of the greatest figures of early Christianity. A prolific writer and scholar, Paul travelled extensively, planting churches wherever he went.

is assistant professor of Classics at Cornell University in Ithaca, US. She is working on a book titled Bad Readers and Ancient Rome. A 3rd-century Egyptian fragment of Sappho’s poetry from papyri ...