Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a U.S. holiday and national day of service. It took a long time for the country to get there It was first proposed four days after King's 1968 assassination outside a ...

In 2005, the city officially began observing the date as Emancipation Day. In 1912 ... In 1963, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. wrote "Letter from Birmingham Jail" while imprisoned in Alabama ...

How did Earth Day start? Who founded Earth Day? Earth Day is the third-newest federal holiday in the U.S., after Martin Luther King Jr. Day (recognized in 1983) and Juneteenth (recognized in 2021).

Mississippi celebrates Confederate Memorial Day as a state holiday ... the words "In God We Trust." When a federal holiday honoring Martin Luther King Jr. was adopted in the 1980s, Mississippi ...

🕊️ We’ve compiled a guide of events, activities, and celebrations leading up to the Jan. 20 observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day ... rate cuts from the Federal Reserve and growing ...

In 2025, there are 12 instead of the usual 11 federal holidays, although two fell on the same day. Inauguration Day and Martin Luther King Jr. Day both fall on Jan. 20 this year. Since 1965 ...

In 2025, there are 12 instead of the usual 11 federal holidays, although two fell on the same day. Inauguration Day and Martin Luther King Jr. Day both fall on Jan. 20 this year. Since 1965 ...

A United States senator has introduced legislation to make the day after Easter a federal holiday so families ... U.S. New Year’s Day and Martin Luther King Jr. Day take place in January ...

A United States senator has introduced legislation to make the day after Easter a federal holiday so families can more ... legal public holidays in the U.S. New Year’s Day and Martin Luther King Jr.

Kay Ivey has treated Juneteenth as a state holiday for the past several years in alignment with the federal holiday ... Lee on the same day as Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The bill now moves to the ...