We’re a day from the Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday ... Proposed and debated for years, Stevie Wonder even wrote a song (“Happy Birthday”) to advocate for its designation.

He’d broken down in tears upon hearing of King’s assassination in 1968 and attended the funeral. He wrote a preliminary version of “Happy Birthday” in 1977, and the song finally made it ...

Stevie Wonder released "Happy Birthday to You," making a powerful political and social statement that helped alter U.S. history. The musical genius wrote the song to urge and shame lawmakers and ...

The last of a five-day series of events to celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. began on a sunny Santa Barbara morning in De la Guerra Plaza, while at the same time in chilly Washington, D.C., Donald ...