Inauguration Day, which took place on Jan. 20, is not part of the regular 11 federal holidays, but because it aligned with Martin Luther King Jr. Day, most American workers had the day off.

For our complete Black History Month coverage, click here. When he was born Jan. 15, 1929, Martin Luther King Jr.’s name was Michael. It’s the name originally on his birth certificate.

He’s played the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. (in HBO’s LBJ movie “All ... for some little kid in Des Moines, Iowa, or Amarillo, Texas, to go to the movies and see a Black Captain America ...

Under the directive of President Donald Trump’s executive order, federal agencies are now axing some federal observances, including Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Pride Month, Holocaust Remembrance ...

Born in 1929 in Atlanta, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. would go on to become the voice of the movement. In 1955, he served as the spokesman for the Montgomery bus boycott. In 1957, he was elected the ...

was with Mr. Kennedy’s father on the night in 1968 when the elder Kennedy delivered the news to the nation that Martin Luther King Jr. had been assassinated. “I told him in my office ...

Inauguration Day and Martin Luther King Jr. Day both fall on Jan. 20 this year. Since 1965, federal employees in the Washington, D.C., area are entitled to a holiday on the day a president is ...

The Air Force will not use official resources to mark Martin Luther King Jr. Day or Juneteenth, in addition to other cultural awareness holidays and months. An Air Force memo sent out Friday ...

Realizing a New Dream of Connection, Love and Fulfillment' In 2022, Martin Luther King III, the son of the legendary slain civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr., talked to PEOPLE about what ...

And those words were never more true than in June 1958 when the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. came to town ... spent two days in Omaha. The day after his convention speech, King, who was ...