Arizona didn't celebrate Martin Luther King Day until 1993, a decade after it became a federal holiday. Here's how the Super Bowl played a role.
As the United States prepares to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy and fight for equality, civil rights leaders are organizing efforts to counter policies expected from President-elect Donald Trump that they believe will undermine decades of progress.
Family and others carrying on Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy of equality, justice and nonviolent protest want Americans to remember that Monday's holiday is really about helping others.
As the United States prepares to honour Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy and fight for equality on Monday (Jan 20), civil rights leaders are organising efforts to counter President-elect Donald Trump's expected policies,
In the good ole days—and I guess that statement dates me—national holidays and national recognition days came few and far between. January would pass by without much fanfare, and Abraham
Today, MLK Day is the reason for the first three-day weekend of the year with many off from school and work. What to know: What's open and closed on MLK Day? Is it a federal holiday? Here's what to know But with this year's federal holiday falling on the same day as Inauguration Day — occurring only for the third time in U.
Eleanor Roosevelt posing in the Sally Milgrim gown that she wore to her husband Franklin’s second inaugural festivities in 1937.
On January 6, 2025, five years after a historic day, EURweb received an anonymous message titled A Letter from Unity.
In a spectacle that will be etched in the annals of American history, Donald J. Trump has reclaimed his seat in the Oval Office, being sworn in for a historic second term not in succession. The pomp and circumstance of the inauguration unfolded on the iconic steps of the U.
Since the holiday was officially designated in 1983, only one president was sworn in on Martin Luther King Jr. Day: former President Bill Clinton. For his second term, Clinton's Inauguration took place on Jan. 20, 1997.
In a rare happening, the King holiday falls on the same day as the presidential inauguration. Activists vow to continue the fight for civil rights.