Martin Luther King Jr. Day is in January. Here's why we celebrate …
1 day ago · The government shuts down the third Monday in January to honor Martin Luther King Jr., also known as MLK Day. This year that day is Jan. 20. This year Jan. 20 will be both Donald Trump's ...
We celebrate Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy this month on MLK …
2 days ago · The government shuts down the third Monday in January to honor Martin Luther King Jr., also known as MLK Day. This year that day is Jan. 20. According to USA TODAY, this coincidence has occurred ...
As MLK holiday nears, Bernice King urges people to focus on his ...
3 days ago · As the holiday honoring the slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. approaches, his daughter is urging people to really focus on his work throughout the next year, rather than just paying him tribute for a day. ... King Center CEO Bernice King, daughter of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., speaks during a news conference at the King ...
Michigan to mark MLK Jr. Day 2025 with observances - Detroit …
3 days ago · Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a federal holiday honoring the civil rights icon, falls on Jan. 20, 2025. Here's what to know.
As MLK Holiday Nears, Bernice King Urges People to Really Focus …
2 days ago · Kate Brumback. King Center CEO Bernice King, daughter of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., speaks during a news conference at the King Center in Atlanta on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025.
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Aug 28, 2023 · Philadelphia and the region are going big on the Martin Luther King Jr. National Day of Service this year - here's what to know about events. Some 7,000 people turned out 56 years ago this...
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Oct 7, 2024 · Updates on the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. A minister and activist, Marting Luther King Jr. was the leader of the American civil rights movement, starting in 1955 until his assassination...
MLK Day: Events get openly political as the US ... - Associated Press News
Jan 16, 2024 · ATLANTA (AP) — Communities across the nation celebrated the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday on Monday with acts of service, prayer services and parades. But with the November presidential election as a backdrop, some events took on an overtly political turn.
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Oct 3, 2022 · Martin Luther King Jr. Opal Lee, ‘grandmother of Juneteenth,’ gets Texas portrait AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Opal Lee, the 96-year-old Texan whose efforts helped make Juneteenth a federal holiday to commemorate the end of slavery in the U.S., became on Wednesday only the second Black person whose portrait will hang in the senate chamber of the ...
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his historic "I Have A Dream" speech 60 years ago. Nikole Killion takes a look at one of the drafts of the speech to see how it differs from what King ...