In the nearly 40 years that the United States has celebrated Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the national holiday has never ...

U.S. stock markets will be closed on Monday, Jan. 20, in observance of the Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday. President Ronald Reagan signed the King Holiday Bill into law on Nov. 2, 1983 ...

We honor the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King ... of persistence to make MLK Day a holiday. The King holiday bill was signed into law by President Ronald Reagan in 1983.

On Monday, President Donald Trump invoked the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. during his inaugural ... was signed into law by President Ronald Reagan in 1983 and first observed in 1986.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is an annual federal holiday to ... activists continued to fight for this bill when President Ronald Reagan signed the King Holiday Bill into law on November 2, 1983.

Editor’s note: This story was originally published in 2018 for the 50th anniversary of the Martin Luther King Jr.

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 ...

January 20, 2025, will mark a rare intersection of two major events in the United States: Inauguration Day and Martin Luther ... King. The holiday was first signed into law by President Ronald ...

Every third Monday in January, we celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day for the iconic leader’s contributions to the civil rights movement. Known for his unparalleled courage and work to end ...