activists and others took years. Here’s what you need to know about how Martin Luther King Jr. Day became a holiday. This year, the inauguration falls on the same day. The holiday is ...
The holiday was first observed three years later on Jan. 20, 1986. King was assassinated on April 4, 1968, according to the Stanford Martin Luther King Jr. Research and Education Institute ...
As one event only comes around every four years, it is hard for the events to line up. It is so rare for them to coincide that the next time Martin Luther King Jr. Day falls on Jan. 20 ...
1929-1968 In the nearly 40 years that the United States has celebrated Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the national holiday has never coincided with the inauguration of a non-incumbent president ...
The theme for the annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Luncheon to be held at the Clarion Hotel on Monday, Jan. 20 is “We Won’t Go Back … Unity=Strength.” Guest speaker for the luncheon is Kisun Peters.
It was first proposed four days after King’s 1968 assassination outside a Memphis motel. It took 15 years until it became a ...