This year, Martin Luther King Jr. Day — or MLK Day — is on Monday, Jan. 20. MLK Day always takes place on the third Monday of January since it falls near his birthday, which is Jan. 15.

The coincidence that Martin Luther King Jr. Day lands on the same Monday as Donald Trump’s inauguration isn’t a cause for concern, Bernice King told NBC News, the late civil rights icon’s ...

American religious and Civil Rights leader Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. (1929 - 1968) speaks to the press after his release from jail, Albany, Georgia, July 1962.

With Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a federal holiday honoring the late civil rights icon, falling on Monday this year, Michigan residents hoping to run errands or conduct business may be out of luck ...

Martin Luther King III, a civil rights activist and the son of Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, spoke to CBS News on MLK Day and Trump's inauguration.

In 1983, about 20 years after King’s “I Have a Dream” speech, legislation for a Martin Luther King Jr. Day on the third Monday of January cleared Congress and President Ronald Reagan signed it.

Monday, Jan. 20, is MLK Day, which honors the accomplishments and vision of Martin Luther King Jr. The observance of King's birthday falls annually on the third Monday in January.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is always the third Monday in January. This year, that falls on Monday, Jan. 20.