Deseret News archives: Martin Luther King Jr. Day history celebrated with service, optimism
On Nov. 2, 1983, then President Ronald Reagan signed the bill named the “King Holiday Bill” that forevermore set the third Monday in January as a federal holiday in order to remember and observe the civil rights leader, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
On the third Monday of January — close to King's Jan. 15 birthday — federal, state and local governments, institutions and ...
Here's what you need to know about whether U.S. stock markets will be open on Martin Luther King Jr., Day this year.
Apart from the USA, Martin Luther King Jr. Day is celebrated in other countries, such as Canada, Israel, and the Netherlands.
Gov. Phil Murphy has declared a state of emergency for Sunday. It will take effect at 8 a.m. and apply to all 21 counties, Murphy said.Start the day smarter. Get all the news you need in your inbox ...
Will banks, post offices and shipping services be open on MLK Day? Here's what you need to know for Monday, Jan. 20.
MLK Day volunteers typically perform community service that continues King’s fight to end racial discrimination and economic injustice — to build the “beloved community,” as he often said. But King ...
President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration will be the first, in a century, to fall on a federal holiday: Martin Luther King ...
Since the holiday was officially designated in 1983, only one president was sworn in on Martin Luther King Jr. Day: former ...
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