Martin Luther King Jr. Day is next week. Here's info about schools being open, banks being closed, mail, trash pickup, and what's open and closed.

Get to know Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King's kids, including what they're doing now, how old they are, and how they're honoring their parents' legacy.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is celebrated annually on the third Monday in January to mark the late activist’s birthday. In 2025, the holiday falls on January 20, the same day typically set aside ...

The 55th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast will be held Monday at the Omni Seaport Hotel from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. “Freedom Isn’t Free” is the theme and the keynote speaker is Angela ...

Opinion: Martin Luther King Jr. was murdered 57 years ago. America still needs his wisdom. “When you think about most immigrants that are frightened, in some cases for children to go to school.

Will libraries be open on Martin Luther King Jr. Day? Got a head start on your reading goal for 2025? If you want to visit your local library on MLK Day, you might have to wait until the next day. The ...

With Martin Luther King Jr. Day being on Jan. 20, ... He skipped not one but two grades in high school—9th and 12th—and started college at just 15 years old. In 1944, ...

This year’s recognition of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day marks the 39th anniversary of the national observance of the federal holiday. King, one of the United States’ most prominent figures ...

Volunteers sorted hygiene items during We Are ONE, Alpha Kappa Alpha Day of Service at Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School on Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, in Kansas City.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., who was on a tour of the South to recruit volunteers for his "Poor People's Campaign", spoke to an overflow crowd at Mason Temple March 18, 1968.

In an interview published by NPR’s Book of the Day podcast on Jan. 3, writer Jonathan Eig, who authored the biography 'King: A Life,' said that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was "a protest leader ...