Updated Jan. 18, 2021, ... Eighteen years after his death, the first federal Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday was observed on Jan. 20, five days after what would have been his 57th birthday.

Martin Luther King Day is Monday, Jan. 18. The holiday is set aside to honor King, the late civil rights leader. It is marked on the third Monday in January of each year, close to King’s actual ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day, also known as MLK Day, is a federal holiday that commemorates the birthday and impact of the activist and civil rights movement leader. Although Martin Luther King Jr ...

That was one way people celebrated Martin Luther King Day, in the early 1970s. But everyone, it seems, had some way.. Martin Luther King Day Day — as a matter of record — was celebrated years ...

MLK Day, celebrated each year ... 2021 at 11:25 AM EST (WSAZ) - Celebrating Martin Luther King ... President Bill Clinton signed the Martin Luther King Junior Federal Holiday and Service Act.

In 2021, the federal holiday will be celebrated a day early, as June 19 falls on a Saturday. ... and the first new one created since Martin Luther King Jr. Day was established in 1983.

CALIFORNIA – JANUARY 20: Kikele, 5, colors in an image of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. as she takes the train with her mother up the Peninsula during the Caltrain NorCalMLK Celebration Train event ...

MLK Day 2021 is on Monday, Jan. 18. Many people are off for the holiday, and if you want to do some shopping, you’re in luck. Most, if not all, stores will operate as usual on Martin Luther King ...

SAN ANTONIO — The Harlandale Independent School District has decided to keep Martin Luther King Day as a holiday, according to a letter sent to district families. The district sent the letter ...

MLK Day 2021 is on Monday, Jan. 18. It’s a day to honor the activist and minister Martin Luther King, Jr., who was assassinated in 1968. Martin Luther King Jr. Day was first observed in 1986 and ...