The U.S. is set to mark Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the federal holiday set aside to honor the life of the civil rights icon. But in two states, Monday is also Robert E.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is always scheduled to take place on the third ... and Tennessee calls it Confederate Decoration Day. Alabama has a state holiday for Confederate President Jefferson Davis on the first Monday in June, but Mississippi pairs ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a banking and stock market holiday, meaning many local bank branches will be closed, along with the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq. ATMs will still be accessible at most banks, as well as online services. National parks ...

Martin Luther King gave over 2,500 public speeches during his lifetime – many of them were delivered without a manuscript and with few notes.

The U.S. is set to mark Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the federal holiday set aside to honor the life of the civil rights icon. But in Alabama and Mississippi, Monday is also Robert E. Lee Day in ...

Martin Luther King Jr. in 1957 told an audience in Montgomery, Alabama, “Life’s most persistent and urgent question is: ‘What are you doing for others?’”

Above: Mel Weinstein speaks with members of the Mountain communities and surrounding areas gather together to celebrate the life of Martin Luther King, Jr on Monday, January 20, 2025;

January 30 is Martrys’ Day in India. In 1948, as Mahatma Gandhi emerged for his evening prayers at New Delhi’s Birla House, he was shot dead by Nathuram Godse. Nehru famously said in a broadcast, ‘The light has gone out of our lives and there is darkness everywhere…

Hours after President Donald Trump signed an executive order to declassify documents detailing the FBI’s investigation of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.‘s 1968 assassination, the civil rights ...

Martin Luther King Jr.’s family offered their response to ... about the same spot where he was killed a day later on April 4, 1968. Associated Press Photo A black minister had attended a ...

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City Year Chicago remembered the life of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Saturday on the city's South Side through their annual Day of Service. "This is an opportunity for us to come together ...