Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a U.S. holiday and national day of service. It took a long time for the country to get there It was first proposed four days after King's 1968 assassination outside a ...

Here’s what’s open and closed on Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2025. Major U.S. retailers and grocers — such as Target, Walmart and Kroger — will be open on MLK Day. Wholesale retailers ...

On Nov. 2, 1983, President Ronald Reagan signed the bill declaring Martin Luther King Jr. Day a federal holiday. A staunch supporter of making this happen was Grammy-winning singer Stevie Wonder.

The 40th annual Kingdom Day Parade celebrating the work of civil rights leader the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was held on Monday on Martin Luther King Jr. and Crenshaw boulevards in Los Angeles.

MLK Day falls on the third Monday of every January, and most banks observe the holiday. Here's what you can do if you have banking tasks to complete.