Inauguration will cement ties between Obama, Martin Luther King Jr.

The floating holiday is similar to holidays set under the Uniform Monday Holiday Act, which gives us 3 day weekends, though the act predated the establishment of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day by 15 years. Here are some of the events planned for Monday,

MONTEVALLO, Alabama - The University of Montevallo is hosting a birthday celebration for Martin Luther King Jr. with a guest speaker at 1 p.m. on Wednesday. Carolyn McKinstry of Birmingham, who is a survivor of the 16th

21, local observances of Martin Luther King Jr. Day will include a number of activities that encourage celebration and collaboration. UW–Madison will again host and support some of these activities, expressing the Wisconsin Idea through “a day on, not

I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality… I believe that unarmed truth and

Future generations may mull the divine meaning of Barack Obama's celebration and pageantry taking place on the very day set aside to honor Martin Luther King Jr., the civil rights leader gunned down on a Memphis hotel balcony in 1968. Loading.