“What I said there — and it still applies today — we’ve won the holiday but the holiday is a symbol of liberty ... a Confederate Memorial Day. Martin Luther King Jr. Day’s reach has ...

“What I said there — and it still applies today — we’ve won the holiday but the holiday is a symbol of liberty and justice ... it also allowed for a Confederate Memorial Day. Martin Luther King Jr.

With Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a federal holiday honoring the late civil rights icon, falling on a Monday this year, Michigan residents hoping to run errands or conduct business may be out of luck.

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 ...

“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 ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is around the corner. Each year, America takes a day to honor one of the most important voices of the Civil Rights Movement. MLK Day commemorates King's contributions to ...

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 ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day will coincide with the presidential inauguration of Donald Trump this year. Martin Luther King Jr. Day to honors the pastor and civil rights activist on what would be ...

"What I said there — and it still applies today — we've won the holiday but the holiday is a symbol of ... Memorial Day. A 'day on, not a day off' Martin Luther King Jr. Day's reach has ...