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

MLK Day is a federal holiday honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., encouraging reflection on racism and civil rights. It's also designated as a national day of service. The King Center is organizing ...

Here’s everything to know about MLK Day, including how it became a federal holiday. The federal government shuts down on the third Monday of every January for the day to honor Martin Luther King Jr.

The first holiday of the year was just a couple of weeks ago, with banks and big retailers closed on New Year’s Day. Now, Martin Luther King Jr. Day is here — and it happens to coincide with President ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day honors service, not self-gratification. For those who may simply see the day as government-granted time off for a long weekend, the idea to honor King with a national ...

Observed for the first time in 1986, Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a federal holiday that annually ... Here is more ...

Only once before since it became a federal holiday has Martin Luther King Jr. Day fallen on the same day as a presidential inauguration. That was in 1997, when Bill Clinton took the oath of office ...

Roughly two weeks into the new year and we already have a holiday on the horizon. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, or MLK Day, is ...

MLK Day was designated as a national day of ... King was assassinated on April 4, 1968, according to the Stanford Martin Luther King Jr. Research and Education Institute. He was standing on ...

January 20 marks Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the federal holiday that honors the life and legacy of the American civil rights icon who was assassinated in 1968. The holiday didn’t come ...

A woman celebrates in 2024 during a parade honoring slain Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. in Jacksonville, Florida. MLK Day was designated as a national day of service in which all ...