In these quiet ways — and others — people across the Washington region will honor Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday while thousands of others converge on the nation’s capital to celebrate President-elect Trump being sworn in for a second term.

He chose that location in part to honor President Abraham Lincoln as “a great American ... institutions and various industries recognize Martin Luther King Jr. Day. For some, the holiday ...

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As the United States prepares to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy and fight for equality, civil rights leaders are organizing efforts to counter policies expected from President-elect Donald Trump that they believe will undermine decades of progress.

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Family and others carrying on Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy of equality, justice and nonviolent protest want Americans to remember that Monday's holiday is really about helping others.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day every year allows companies, groups, individuals and diverse communities around the country to celebrate a man who not only challenged the reactionary forces of hate during the Civil Rights Movement but demanded that Black people be viewed as part of the tapestry of American life.

In Harlem, New York, while signing copies of his first book, “Stride Toward Freedom,” Izola Ware Curry stabbed King with a letter opener between his heart and lung. He was taken to Harlem Hospital where his physician, Dr. Aubré D. Maynard, said, “If you had sneezed, your aorta would have been punctured and you would have drowned in your own blood.”

We’re a day from the Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday, the commemoration of the birth of the famed civil rights leader, who died tragically in April 1968.

U.S. President Joe Biden urged despondent fellow Democrats not to give up hope as he returned to the warm embrace of South Carolina's Black churchgoing community to mark the final full day of his presidency on Sunday.

The life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. will once again be celebrated and honored Monday in events around the nation.