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 ...

BOISE, Idaho — While Martin Luther King Jr. Day is now widely recognized across Idaho, the path to recognition came later than most of the nation, following years of political resistance and sustained ...

WASHINGTON — Monday is Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the annual holiday celebrating the birthday and legacy of the civil rights leader. The holiday is held on the third Monday in January each year and ...

BECKLEY — Most people remember Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. for his speeches or his civil rights marches, but supporters of the holiday say King’s greatest legacy is his cultural impact. Observed on the ...

On the third Monday of January each year, the United States pauses to observe Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a federal holiday honouring the civil rights icon. It was in 1963 that Dr. King delivered his ...

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 ...

Civil rights leader Reverend Martin Luther King Credit: Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Martin Luther King Jr., the Nobel Peace Prize–winning leader of the civil rights movement who helped ...

The work Martin Luther King Jr. fought for is being dismantled by the Trump administration, journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones said This Martin Luther King Jr. Day, for many speakers and volunteers across ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day graces calendars on Monday, January 19, 2026, saluting the civil rights icon's push for equality through peaceful protest. Born January 15, 1929, King's "I Have a Dream" ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day honors the life of the American civil rights leader and his legacy in bringing about greater racial equality and legal protections for Black Americans and all people of ...