On rare occasions, Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Inauguration Day coincide. Former President Barack Obama’s inauguration for his second term fell on Sunday, Jan. 20, 2013.

On rare occasions, Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Inauguration Day coincide. Former President Barack Obama’s inauguration for his second term fell on Sunday, Jan. 20, 2013.

Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King have one grandchild. Their son, Martin Luther King III, and his wife, Arndrea Waters King, share a daughter, Yolanda Renee King, born in 2008.

The Martin Luther King Jr. federal holiday has been observed now for 39 years — the same length as King’s life. Make sense of the latest news and debates with our daily newsletter.

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.

Martin Luther King (MLK) Jr. Day 2025 marks the holiday’s 40th observance. The theme, “Mission Possible: Protecting Freedom, Justice, and Democracy in the Spirit of Nonviolence 365,” is ...

In 2025, Martin Luther King Jr. Day also happens to coincide with Inauguration Day, a rare occurrence that last happened in ...

Martin Luther King Jr. was a Baptist minister and civil rights activist who had a seismic impact on race relations in the United States, beginning in the mid-1950s.

After Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis on April 4, 1968, Coretta made it her mission to ensure her husband’s life and legacy would be properly memorialized year after year.

Despite being a revered leader of the civil rights movement, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was actually conflict avoidant, says biographer Jonathan Eig. In an interview published by NPR’s Book of ...

Martin Luther King Jr. might have been a giant in the Civil Rights Movement, but at home, the doting father of four was simply dad. As we observe what would have been his 96th birthday, look back ...

Martin Luther King III on Trump's inauguration 05:59. Only once before since it became a federal holiday has Martin Luther King Jr. Day fallen on the same day as a presidential inauguration. That ...