Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a U.S. holiday and national day of ...
Jan 15, 2025 · On the third Monday of January — close to King’s Jan. 15 birthday — federal, state and local governments, institutions and various industries recognize Martin Luther King Jr. Day. For...
Civil rights leaders and King family mark MLK Day as a special call …
3 days ago · Events honoring Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy and advocating for his vision of a just, nonviolent society will occur the same day as Donald Trump's second presidential inauguration. ... Presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama also were sworn in for their second terms on the holiday.
What MLK knew that today’s progressives keep forgetting | CNN
3 days ago · Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. speaks before a crowd of 25,000 civil rights marchers outside the state capitol building on March 25, 1965, in Montgomery, Alabama.
Column: Martin Luther King Jr.'s son has a message for Donald …
3 days ago · In 1997, Bill Clinton was the last president to be sworn in on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Clinton noted that 34 years ago, King had shared words at the other end of the National Mall “that ...
The long struggle to establish Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Jan 15, 2025 · 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, President Bill Clinton signed into law Congressman John Lewis and Sen. Harris Wofford’s legislation making it …
Bill Clinton: MLK would be ‘pleased’ - POLITICO
Aug 28, 2013 · Reflecting on the 50th anniversary of the historic “I Have a Dream” speech, former President Bill Clinton said he believes Martin Luther King, Jr. would be “pleased that America is more...
Clinton: Martin Luther King Jr speech 'changed America' - BBC
Aug 28, 2013 · Former US President Bill Clinton has paid tribute to Martin Luther King Jr, 50 years after the civil rights leader made his I Have a Dream speech. The US is commemorating the 50th...
May 2, 2024 · on of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day as a federal holiday. When President Bill Clinton signed the King Holiday and Service Act on August 23, 1994 (P.L. 103-304), the Martin Luther King, Jr. Federal Holiday Commission was charged with encouraging observation of the holiday as a day of community service, int.
Jan 13, 2022 · When President Bill Clinton signed the King Holiday and Service Act on August 23, 1994 (P.L. 103-304), the holiday was designated as a day of community service, interracial cooperation, and youth anti-violence initiatives.
Bernice King on MLK Day and Trump inauguration coinciding: ‘It …
2 days ago · The coincidence that Martin Luther King Jr. Day lands on the same Monday as Donald Trump’s inauguration isn’t a cause ... The first was during President Bill Clinton’s swearing-in in 1997 ...