NEW YORK (WABC) -- Communities across the nation celebrated the life of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday. Many participated in a day of service by volunteering and helping to improve communities in his name.
Monday brings both the annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and the quadrennial Inauguration Day. So is today a holiday? The answer is yes, because of the celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday,
Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a banking and stock market holiday, meaning many local bank branches will be closed, along with the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq. ATMs will still be accessible ...
An invitation from the Trump Administration to attend the presidential inauguration arrived for Mayor Adams sometime after midnight and he headed to DC overnight.
Monday commemorates the birthday of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. This year, the holiday coincides with Trump’s inauguration, though the majority of business closures will be for MLK Day.
The United States is paying tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's legacy the same day a new president was inaugurated.
The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. once confessed to Harry Belafonte that he feared Black Americans were "integrating into a burning house," or a nation losing its moral vision, according to the late New York singer and activist. The problem, Belafonte said, required everyday Americans to “become the firemen.”
Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebrates the life and legacy of the ... Most banks will also be closed, as will the New York Stock Exchange. Much of the retail and service industry, including grocery ...
The Pentagon joined the scramble by federal agencies trying to conform to President Trump’s war on diversity programs.
William E. Leuchtenburg, a prize-winning historian widely admired for his authoritative writings on the U.S. presidency and as the reigning scholar on Franklin Roosevelt and the
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