Every year we honor the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. in January. Here's everything you need to know about the holiday.

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

Donald Trump will celebrate his Inauguration Day today, the same day as MLK Day. How many times have the two days overlapped?

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is on Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. The holiday takes place on the third Monday in January, and has done so since it was first observed. This year, the holiday will also coincide ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day will coincide with the ... This year, the holiday will also coincide with Inauguration Day. Former President Ronald Reagan first made the day a federal holiday in ...

legislation for a Martin Luther King Jr. Day on the third Monday of January cleared Congress and President Ronald Reagan signed it. But Reagan's signing did not lead other Republicans to follow.

Mississippi did the same in 1910. President Ronald Reagan in 1983 signed legislation naming the third Monday of January as Martin Luther King Jr. Day to honor the slain civil rights leader. States ...

Martin Luther ... King was recognized with a day and even longer for all of the United States to recognize it, according to Smithsonian.com. On Nov. 2, 1983, then President Ronald Reagan signed ...

Inauguration Day lands on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, which is observed each year on the third Monday of January, around King’s birthday, Jan. 15. The commemoration became a federal holiday in 1983 ...