Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2025: Stores and restaurants are open but banks, post office are closed
Inauguration Day and Martin Luther King Jr. Day collide Monday in a rare occurrence. The big picture: Stock markets, banks, many schools and the U.S. Postal Service are closed for the federal holiday,
Who was Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.? What to know about the civil rights leader.
"While others were advocating for freedom by 'any means necessary,' including violence, Martin Luther King Jr. used the power of words and acts of nonviolent resistance, such as protests, grassroots organizing, and civil disobedience to achieve seemingly impossible goals," according to The King Center.
Alabama, Mississippi also honoring Robert E. Lee on Martin Luther King Day
The U.S. is marking Martin Luther King Day, a federal holiday. But in Alabama and Mississippi, it's also Robert E. Lee Day, in honor of the Confederate general.
What's open, closed on Martin Luther King Jr. Day in Indiana for 2025? Banks, USPS, more
Federal and state offices, banks, as well as postal and trash services will be closed or suspended Monday. Here’s what else you should know.
'Never lose infinite hope.' How Framingham Black church marks Martin Luther King Jr. Day
The church is hosting the 38th edition of its Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration today at the Sheraton Framingham Hotel. This year's theme, which Lloyd said he selected at the beginning of last year, is based on a King quote: "We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope."
What is open on Martin Luther King Day and Inauguration Day 2025?
It’s rare for the two federal holidays to overlap, and this is just the third time in history that a president will take the oath of office on MLK Day.
What is MLK Day? What to know about the federal holiday to honor Martin Luther King Jr.
The life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. will once again be celebrated and honored Monday in events around the nation.
San Diego’s 43rd Martin Luther King Jr. parade celebrates his legacy, sows new hope
Spectators at the Martin Luther King Jr. parade in San Diego on Sunday said they wished for a city and nation where all have the same basic rights
The long struggle to establish Martin Luther King Jr. Day
It was first proposed four days after King's 1968 assassination outside a Memphis motel. It took 15 years until it became a federal holiday.
Dear Annie: Thoughts for Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Inauguration Day
“With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation’s wounds.” -- Abraham Lincoln, March 4, 1865.
The Search for Lessons in Trump’s Return on Martin Luther King Day
The dual celebrations of a second Trump inauguration and the civil rights leader’s birth raise profound questions about Black leadership and progress toward the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream.
Dear Annie: Reflecting on Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Inauguration Day
— Martin Luther King Jr.‘s “I Have a Dream” speech ...
The Museum of the American Revolution will display Thomas Jefferson’s chair and Martin Luther King’s prison bench
When envisioning its major exhibition marking the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence in 2026, the Museum of ...