The holiday is recognized by all 50 states and was first observed in 1986. Since Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a federal ...

In response to Donald Trump's order banning DEI initiatives, the DIA has paused special event programs and related events, including for Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

Monday is Martin Luther King Jr. Day, and many workers will have the day off. Check what's open and closed for the federal ...

Mail is not delivered on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, as the U.S. Postal Service shuts down for the holiday and gives employees the day off. The U.S. Post Office will be closed on Martin Luther King Jr ...

MLK Jr. Day is a federal holiday, so most government offices across the nation are closed and the Postal Service won't be ...

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 couple of ...

The U.S. is marking Martin Luther King Day, a federal holiday. But in Alabama and Mississippi, it's also Robert E. Lee Day, ...

It was first proposed four days after King's 1968 assassination outside a Memphis motel. It took 15 years until it became a ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. People attend a wreath-laying ceremony at the Martin Luther King Jr ...

There have been three times the two events aligned. For only the third time since President Ronald Reagan declared Martin Luther King Day a federal holiday in 1983, the presidential inauguration ...

“I’d like somebody to mention that day that Martin Luther King, Jr., tried to give his life serving others." King was shot at 6:05 p.m. on April 4, 1968, on the second-floor balcony of the ...