Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Close-up of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. shown in this photo headshoulders, alone. (Bettmann/Bettmann Archive) Monday ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a federal and Michigan state holiday celebrating one of the most famous civil rights icons, falls on ...

WASHINGTON — Monday is Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the annual holiday celebrating the birthday and legacy of the civil rights leader. The holiday is held on the third Monday in January each year and ...

(CBS) — Martin Luther King Jr. Day is observed annually on the third Monday in January to honor the civil rights activist. MLK Day, as it’s also known, was approved as a federal holiday in 1983, and ...

Martin Luther King Jr. speaks at a conference. His legacy was celebrated on the BYU campus. (Public Domain) Monday, Jan. 19, is a national holiday, Martin Luther King Jr. Day; a day set aside and ...

As Americans prepare for Martin Luther King Jr Day on Monday, January 19, 2026, the US is once again pausing to honour the civil rights leader’s legacy. MLK Day, observed on the third Monday of ...

President Donald Trump has finally made an official post in recognition of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, after hours of railing against alleged election fraud on his Truth Social account. In a ...

BOISE, Idaho — While Martin Luther King Jr. Day is now widely recognized across Idaho, the path to recognition came later than most of the nation, following years of political resistance and sustained ...

Nearly 60 years after the assassination of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and decades after a hard-fought campaign to make his birthday a federal holiday, organizers, city leaders and scholars ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a federal holiday observed on the third Monday of January. It took 15 years of activism before the day was signed into law as a federal holiday in 1983. We're a little ...