Martin Luther King Jr.

Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026 at noon on WVPE News2 (HD2)

Communities across Michiana and Southwestern Michigan will honor the life and legacy of the Rev. Martin Luther King with events scheduled from Saturday through Monday.

Three key speeches of American civil rights leader and Nobel Peace Laureate Dr. Martin Luther King Junior are excerpted and commented on by two leading King scholars.

South Bend celebrated a major milestone with the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Martin Luther King Jr. Dream Center. The event included a nearly one-mile march.

The roughly $27 million project has more than doubled in scope from its initial $11 million vision, thanks to an infusion of about $12 million from the American Rescue Plan.

Night Lights presents a one-hour program of jazz tributes to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

As organizations, colleges and churches celebrate the life of Martin Luther King Jr day this week — community members reflect on his legacy and what it means today.

In his July 29 annual state of the city address, South Bend Mayor James Mueller made infrastructure investments a priority and announced plans for a…

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Monday, January 20, 2020 at 9 PM.On April 4th, 1967 Martin Luther King, Jr. gave a landmark speech from the pulpit of Riverside Church in New York. He…