Martin Luther King, Jr. (January 15, 1929-April 4, 1968) was one of the most prominent leaders of America's Civil Rights ...
Jonathan Eig is the author of “King: A Life,” winner of the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for biography. The Martin Luther King Jr ... as President Ronald Reagan delivered a radio address denying ...
The government shuts down the third Monday in January to honor Martin Luther King Jr ... began only four days after King was assassinated but was not passed until 15 years after his death.
It took a long political effort to make the King Holiday commemoration a federal law. ATLANTA — The MLK Day holiday is marked annually as a day of service and remembrance of the struggle for justice, ...
Monday is Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a national holiday that is different than any other federal holiday in that is ...
Government offices will be closed on Monday, Jan. 20, in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day ... President Ronald Reagan signed the King Holiday Bill into law on Nov. 2, 1983, thus ...
January 20 marks Martin Luther King Jr. Day ... former President Ronald Reagan signed it into law later that year. The first national holiday honoring King was celebrated in 1986.