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 ...
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Alabama and Mississippi will also honor Robert E. Lee on Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Lee was born Jan. 19, 1807. King was born Jan. 15, 1929.In the years after the Civil ... the federal holiday set aside to ...
When did MLK Day become a federal holiday? What to know about the national day of service
Texas officially recognized MLK Day in 1991. Today, it remains the only federal holiday designated as a national day of ...
With MLK Day observed Monday, here's what's open and closed for the holiday
While Inauguration Day will be the focus for many on Monday, it also marks the observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a ...
Trump inauguration and MLK Day: How social justice activists plan to remember the civil rights icon this year
"I just want to live in hope that some of the ideals of the late Dr. King might flow over into this new administration," said ...
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A look at the long struggle to establish Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Family and others carrying on Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy of equality, justice and nonviolent protest want Americans to ...
It took more than a dream to establish Martin Luther King Jr. holiday
In 1983, about 20 years after King’s “I Have a Dream” speech, legislation for a Martin Luther King Jr. Day cleared Congress, and President Ronald Reagan signed it.
When is Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2025? Everything to know about the federal holiday
Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the federal holiday that honors the legacy of the American civil rights icon, is this month. Here's what you should know.
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The long struggle to establish Martin Luther King Jr. Day
On the third Monday of January — close to King's Jan. 15 birthday — federal ... to establish a national holiday for the civil rights icon arose as the nation was plunged into grief.