Events planned across Southeast Michigan to mark MLK Day
NAACP Detroit will host an MLK Day Celebration and Community Conversations on Moving Dr. King’s Dream Forward from 11 a.m. to ...
Honoring MLK Jr. in Michigan. What to know about the federal holiday
Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a federal holiday honoring the civil rights icon, falls on Monday, Jan. 20. Here's what to know.
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MLK Day: Remembering Detroit’s 1963 ‘Walk to Freedom’ march
The June 1963 march in Detroit was, at the time, the largest civil rights demonstration in U.S. history, with 125,000 ...
What’s open, closed on MLK Day and Inauguration Day
Monday, January 20, commemorates the birthday of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. This year, the holiday coincides with ...
How did MLK Day become a federal holiday?
It took a long political effort to make the King Holiday commemoration a federal law. ATLANTA — The MLK Day holiday is marked annually as a day of service and remembrance of the struggle for justice, ...
How to visit Michigan's national parks for free. Park service waives fee on MLK Day
Entrance fees for Michigan's national parks and lakeshores will be waived Monday in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Here's what to know.
Civil rights leaders mobilize ahead of Trump’s inauguration on MLK Day
Activists want to safeguard policies and avoid funding cuts to social-service programs that largely support Black and Latino communities, and to challenge companies that have rolled back or eliminated ...