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Martin Luther King Jr. Day is on Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. Since it's a federal holiday, some businesses and services may be closed. Here's what to know.

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 ...

The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. greets well-wishers Sept. 2, 1967, on the ferry to Fire Island on his way to speak at fundraising rallies in Seaview and Ocean Bay Park to support the American ...

Martin Luther King Jr. was named Michael when he was born in Atlanta on Jan. 15, 1929. His father, Martin Luther King Sr., a pastor at the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta was also named Michael.

Fort Lauderdale Neighborhood Clean-Up: United Day: Join the YMCA and other volunteer groups in a day of service in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday, January 17, at Provident Park.

Martin Luther King Day events on Long Island offer learning, service The biographical drama "Selma" (2014, rated PG-13, 2:08), starring David Oyelowo, Carmen Ejogo and Tim Roth, will be screened ...

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 it.