This year, January 20th will be celebrated for two reasons. For the first time in 28 years, Inauguration Day and Martin Luther King Day observances fall on the same day. This is the second time ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a U.S. holiday and national day of service. It took a long time for the country to get there It was first proposed four days after King's 1968 assassination outside a ...

The legislation to recognize Martin Luther King Day was first introduced in 1968, four days after his assassination. Civil rights activists worked for 15 years for it to be established by the federal ...