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 each year falls on the third Monday in January, creating the first three-day weekend of 2026. The day ...

While most of the U.S. observes Martin Luther King Jr. Day on the third Monday of January, two Southern states also officially recognize Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee on the same date. Other Southern ...

America will recognize Monday as the Martin Luther King Jr. Day federal holiday, but some states will also celebrate the day for something else. In a few of these states, observance of a Confederate ...

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 ...

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 and Florida state holiday observed on the third Monday in January. Florida schools, federal offices, banks, and post offices will be closed for the holiday. The ...

This biography is perfect for elementary students who are being introduced to Martin Luther King, Jr.'s message for the first time. The book explores MLK's life and fight for justice while staying ...

The Yale and New Haven communities will recognize the life and work of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. with a series of events on campus and beyond, including a public talk by Col. (Ret.) ...

The United Ministerial Alliance of Salisbury-Rowan County will celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Sunday at 6 p.m. The guest preacher will be Rev. Robert Kelley, pastor of Moore‘s Chapel AME Zion Church ...