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 ...

The Pentagon’s intelligence agency has put on hold observances of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Juneteenth, Holocaust Days of Remembrance and other annual historical or cultural events due to ...

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 ...

“I’d like somebody to mention that day that Martin Luther King, Jr., tried to give his life serving others." King was shot at 6:05 p.m. on April 4, 1968, on the second-floor balcony of the ...

Suzette Hackney talked with Martin Luther King III about the convergence of Inauguration Day with the day of service that honors his father.

Martin Luther King Jr. gave over 2,500 public speeches during ... on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC that day – others included civil rights leaders such as Roy Wilkins ...

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Are government offices open or closed on Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2025? What to know ...

From sun-up to sundown, Abilenians will have the opportunity to remember civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.

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

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the ...

modified operations on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, according to USA TODAY. FedEx may have some early on-call and drop-box pickups, and some UPS stores may be open while only critical services ...

where the Memphis Grizzlies have emphasized King’s messages each year with the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Game on the same day the country recognizes his birthday. Now in its 23rd year, ...