Government offices will be closed on Monday, Jan. 19, in observance of the Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday. The federal holiday is designated as a national day of service to remember the life of ...
First signed into law in 1983 and first observed in 1986, Martin Luther King Jr. Day commemorates the birthday of the civil rights leader while honoring decades of activism that helped transform his ...
The second federal holiday of 2026 is here. Jan. 19 marks the day that Americans honor the legacy of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. King was born on Jan. 15, 1929, in Atlanta. But the ...
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — This year marks the 40th Anniversary of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, and lawmakers throughout South Carolina are taking a walk down memory lane on how the Civil Rights icon ...