Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the federal holiday honoring the ... The law moved several federal holidays, including Memorial Day, Labor Day and Washington's Birthday, to Mondays to create long ...

Martin Luther King Jr. leads the Walk to Freedom through downtown Detroit on June 23, 1963. MLK Day will be observed on Jan. 20. Bettmann Archive The first holiday of the year was just a couple of ...

Born on Jan. 15, 1929, King is acknowledged annually with a federal holiday that falls on or near his birthday. This year, Martin Luther King Jr. Day falls on Monday, Jan. 20. In a rare occurrence, ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is celebrated annually on the third ... The demonstration was the brainchild of labor leader A. Philip Randolph and King’s one-time mentor Bayard Rustin.

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 on the calendar for this upcoming Monday, seeking to honor the pastor and ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day will coincide with the presidential inauguration of Donald Trump this year. Martin Luther King Jr. Day to honors the pastor and civil rights activist on what would be ...

From a visit to the National Civil Rights Museum to MLK Days of Service, here are some ways to celebrate Martin Luther King ...

Carla Clark | For The Republic Volunteer Varun Patibandla unloads food donated by Cummins at the United Way during the Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service, Columbus, Ind., Monday, January 20 ...

Parades and celebrations marking Gainesville’s 41st annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day took place as Trump prepared to take office as the 47th president of the United States. To local activists ...