Next Monday marks Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the federal holiday that honors the life and legacy of the American civil ...

The 2025 MLK Day ... in Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s footsteps, leading the "Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call For Moral Revival," in honor of Dr. King's 1968 campaign. In 2021, he ...

What role did music play in getting Martin Luther King Jr. Day to become a holiday? According to the National Constitution Center, in 1981, Stevie Wonder released "Happy Birthday to You," making a ...

“Happy Birthday,” to rally support. In 1983, about 20 years after King’s “I Have a Dream” speech, legislation for a Martin Luther King Jr. Day on the third Monday of January cleared ...

The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his iconic “I Have a Dream” speech in 1963 on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. He chose that location in part to honor President Abraham Lincoln as “a ...

Parades and celebrations marking Gainesville’s 41st annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day took place as Trump ... stated he had a bigger crowd on Jan. 6, 2021, than King did for his “I Have ...

Organizers of Monday’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade announced Saturday that ... But the celebration was paused in 2021 and 2022 when the parade and many other cultural events nationwide ...