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• MLK Day events throughout the capital area this weekend

  January 12, 2024 7:14 AM

  BATON ROUGE - Martin Luther King Jr. Day is Monday, Jan. 15. Here are some of the ways the capital region is celebrating. For more information on the events happening in the city, visit the city's MLK holiday site here . “The Urgency of Now” MLK Speaker Event... more »

• MLK's restored hearse unveiled in Baton Rouge Play Video

  January 15, 2019 11:47 PM

  BATON ROUGE - The hearse used to carry Martin Luther King Jr.'s body after his assassination more than fifty years ago is now on display at the Capitol Park Museum in downtown Baton Rouge. The exhibit unveiled on King's 90th birthday will showcase the vehicle for the next year along... more »

• Monday evening events end annual Martin Luther King tributes

  January 18, 2016 11:21 PM

  BATON ROUGE - A crowd of people gathered at the steps of LSU's Memorial Tower to remember a Civil Rights icon. Monday was Martin Luther King, Jr., day. Across the country, people met to perform various service projects and honor King's legacy. At LSU, the vigil also featured... more »

• Edwards: "Shame" that Louisiana hasn't progressed further since MLK's day Play Video

  January 18, 2016 3:42 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Louisiana's new governor compared his fight against poverty to the civil rights movement of the 1960's. "The shame is we haven't made as much progress as we should have," Governor John Bel Edwards said Monday Edwards, who was observing Martin Luther King Day at Mt.... more »