Just four days after King’s assassination in 1968, US Rep. John Conyers of Michigan introduced legislation for a federal holiday to honor the civil rights leader.

There will also be an extra emphasis on King’s ideas and words about leadership and equality, versus the ideas and words of the incoming President Donald Trump, whose inauguration falls on Marti ...

Monday, January 20, commemorates the birthday of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. This year, the holiday coincides with President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration, though the majority of ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is just as much a Detroit holiday as it is a federal one. Created after overwhelming approval in Congress and being signed into a law by President Ronald Reagan in 1983 ...

This year, the holiday coincides with President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration, though the majority of business closures will be for MLK Day. Posted 2025-01-19T13:02:15+00:00 - Updated 2025-01 ...