When did MLK Day become a federal holiday? What to know about the national day of service
Texas officially recognized MLK Day in 1991. Today, it remains the only federal holiday designated as a national day of ...
Trump inauguration and MLK Day: How social justice activists plan to remember the civil rights icon this year
"I just want to live in hope that some of the ideals of the late Dr. King might flow over into this new administration," said ...
'This is his legacy': late Rev. 'Happy' Watkins front-of-mind at first MLK Day celebration without the civil rights leader
No absence may have been greater felt among the thousands who marched through Spokane on Monday than that of the late Rev. Percy 'Happy' Watkins. Watkins, one of Spokane's most prominent civil rights ...
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Battle for MLK Day remembered in Weirton
On a day established to honor the life and memory of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., those gathered at the Dunbar Recreation ...
How did MLK Day become law?
It took a long political effort to make the King Holiday commemoration a federal law. ATLANTA — The MLK Day holiday is marked annually as a day of service and remembrance of the struggle for justice, ...
Here are 2025 MLK Day events happening in Sacramento on Monday
Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a federal holiday observed on the third Monday in January each year as a way to recognize the ...
The 45 Best MLK Day Sales To Start Shopping Now
MLK Day is unequivocally about celebrating the life and legacy of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. That said, ...