During the 39th annual Martin Luther King Jr. celebration city leaders and organizers express messages of hope as ...

As Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Inauguration Day overlap on January 20, 2025, many offices and services will be closed.

In 1983, about 20 years after King's "I Have a Dream" speech, legislation for a Martin Luther King Jr. Day on the third ...

Since the holiday was officially designated in 1983, only one president was sworn in on Martin Luther King Jr. Day: former ...

King delivered his iconic "I Have a Dream" speech in 1963, which became a seminal moment in the Civil Rights Movement in the ...

As the United States prepares to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy and fight for equality, civil rights leaders are ...

Will banks, post offices and shipping services be open on MLK Day? Here's what you need to know for Monday, Jan. 20.

In a rare happening, the King holiday falls on the same day as the presidential inauguration. Activists vow to continue the ...

The King Holiday Service Act was signed into law in 1994. It remains the only national designated day of service in the United States.

President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration will be the first, in a century, to fall on a federal holiday: Martin Luther King ...

The inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump is next week and will coincide with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day.