Every year we honor the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. in January. Here's everything you need to know about the holiday.

The life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. will once again be celebrated and honored Monday in events around the nation.

Family and others carrying on Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy of equality, justice and nonviolent protest want Americans to remember that Monday's holiday is really about helping others.

Today, the country pauses to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day with parades, speeches and acts of service. At 8 a.m., the MLK Breakfast will take place at the Julia T. & Charles W. Cherry Sr.

institutions and various industries recognize Martin Luther King Jr. Day. For some, the holiday is just that — time off from work or school. But, King’s family and others carrying on his ...

“I’d like somebody to mention that day that Martin Luther King, Jr., tried to give his life serving others." King was shot at 6:05 p.m. on April 4, 1968, on the second-floor balcony of the ...

The U.S. is set to mark Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the federal holiday set aside to honor the life of the civil rights icon

Martin Luther King Jr. leads the Walk to Freedom through downtown Detroit on June 23, 1963. MLK Day will be observed on Jan. 20. Bettmann Archive The first holiday of the year was just a couple of ...

Reverend Al Sharpton and Mayor Eric Adams speak during National Action Network's Martin Luther King Jr. Day Policy Forum organized by Reverend Al Sharpton at NAN Headquarters in New York on8, 2025.

Only once before since it became a federal holiday has Martin Luther King Jr. Day fallen on the same day as a presidential inauguration. That was in 1997, when Bill Clinton took the oath of office ...

The Department of Justice says it will "vigorously defend" Donald Trump's executive order ending birthright citizenship, after it was temporarily blocked in a federal court earlier today.

The US president pardons 23 anti-abortion activists, including some convicted of blockading a reproductive health clinic and intimidating staff and patients.