Isaac Okoro of the Cleveland Cavaliers warms up on Martin Luther King ...
Isaac Okoro of the Cleveland Cavaliers warms up on Martin Luther King Jr. Day on January 16, 2023 at the Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse in Cleveland, Ohio. Get premium, high resolution news photos at Getty Images
Civil Rights Leaders and King Family Mark MLK Day as a Special …
Jan 19, 2025 · Events honoring Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy and advocating for his vision of a just, nonviolent society will occur the same day as Donald Trump's second presidential inauguration
‘Wow, this is who I want to be’: As Martin Luther King Day …
Jan 19, 2025 · Isaac Newton Farris Jr., Dr. King’s nephew, will be the keynote speaker during the breakfast. “He actually captures the essence of Dr. King,” Martin Luther King (MLK) Jr. Legacy Preservation...
The long struggle to establish Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Jan 18, 2025 · In 1983, about 20 years after King's "I Have a Dream" speech, legislation for a Martin Luther King Jr. Day on the third Monday of January cleared Congress and President Ronald Reagan signed...
Martin Luther King, Jr., Day - Encyclopedia Britannica
Jan 21, 2025 · Martin Luther King, Jr., Day, in the United States, holiday (third Monday in January) honouring the achievements of Martin Luther King, Jr. A Baptist minister who advocated the use of nonviolent means to end racial segregation, he first came to national prominence during a bus boycott by African Americans in Montgomery, Alabama, in 1955.
MLK Jr. Day: See marches, job fairs marking observances today
Jan 20, 2025 · MLK Jr. Day is a federal holiday, so most government offices across the nation are closed and the Postal Service won't be delivering mail.
Martin Luther King, Jr., gave a speech at Stanford that we must …
Jan 16, 2025 · Martin Luther King, Jr., was at a crossroads when he came to Stanford University in April 1967. The civil rights movement was adrift. Nonviolence was challenged by riots in Los Angeles, Detroit, Chicago, and Newark.
The long struggle to establish Martin Luther King Jr. Day - NBC …
Jan 15, 2025 · In 1983, about 20 years after King’s “I Have a Dream” speech, legislation for a Martin Luther King Jr. Day on the third Monday of January cleared Congress and President Ronald Reagan...
The History of Martin Luther King Jr. Day - Facing History and …
Jan 16, 2025 · It took 28 years from Dr. King’s assassination for the federal holiday to be officially celebrated. But how did it actually come about? Since 1986, the third Monday of each January has been observed as Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
Martin Luther King Jr. Day is this month. Here's why we
Jan 8, 2025 · Here’s what to know about Martin Luther King Jr., why we celebrate his impact each year and when MLK Day is in 2025.