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 ...

BALTIMORE -- Baltimore's MLK Day Parade has been rescheduled for Presidents' Day, Mayor Brandon Scott said during Wednesday's Board of Estimates meeting. The annual parade, which had previously ...

As a college president who is passionate about expanding access to education, I don’t have all the answers right now. But I agree with MLK - the arc of the moral universe bends toward justice.

Normally held on Martin Luther King Jr. Day — Jan. 20 this year — the parade instead took to the South Los Angeles streets on Presidents’ Day. Despite the different date, the positive energy ...

Here’s what’s open and closed on Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2025. Major U.S. retailers and grocers — such as Target, Walmart and Kroger — will be open on MLK Day. Wholesale retailers ...

On Nov. 2, 1983, President Ronald Reagan signed the bill declaring Martin Luther King Jr. Day a federal holiday. A staunch supporter of making this happen was Grammy-winning singer Stevie Wonder.

Montgomerians marched in the footsteps of Martin Luther King Jr. along Dexter Avenue on Monday to honor the civil rights leader in a parade that was delayed nearly a month from MLK Day in January.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Hundreds filled the streets of downtown Jacksonville Monday, bringing the postponed Martin Luther King Day parade to life on Presidents Day. The parade was originally slated ...

Photo by Anna Hoch-Kenney. A new green space began to take shape at Los Robles-Ronald McNair Academy in East Palo Alto on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Monday, Jan. 20. Over 170 volunteers gathered ...

It's been a polarizing start to the year. Last month, Martin Luther King Jr. Day shared the same date as President Donald Trump's second inauguration, watching the nation's highest platform given ...