Celebrate Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday with book recommendations for all ages
Between 1957 and his assassination on April 4, 1968, at age 39, Martin Luther King Jr. gave 2,500 speeches, wrote sermons and homilies and published five books. Meanwhile, the number of books written about King surely number in the thousands.
The college used this moment to highlight people within the community through cultural performances and awards.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
It was first proposed four days after King’s 1968 assassination outside a Memphis motel. It took 15 years until it became a ...
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