In 2025, Martin Luther King Jr. Day also happens to coincide with Inauguration Day, a rare occurrence that last happened in 1997, when President Bill Clinton took the oath of office.

In his Christmas Sermon of 1967, Martin Luther King Jr. said, “It really boils down to this: that all life is interrelated.We are all caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied into a ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day’s reach has only grown in its 42 years. It’s the only federal holiday where you take a “day on, not a day off.” In 1994, ...

The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. waved to supporters during the March on Washington on Aug. 28, 1963. The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his iconic “I Have a Dream” speech in 1963 on the ...