MLK Day, Martin Luther King Jr

Monday marks Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the federal holiday that honors the life and legacy of the American civil rights icon who was assassinated in 1968. The holiday didn’t come ...
Martin Luther King Jr. leads the Walk to Freedom through downtown Detroit on June 23, 1963. MLK Day will be observed on Jan. 20. Bettmann Archive The first holiday of the year was just a ...
Martin Luther King Jr. Day’s reach has only grown in ... of projects involving hundreds of thousands of people for MLK day in recent years. Engagement seems to be expanding.