Martin Luther King Day became a federal holiday in 1986 though it took until 2000 before it was recognized in every state. His birthday is marked on the third Monday in January each year.

Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy is celebrated each ... On Nov. 2, 1983, then President Ronald Reagan signed the King Holiday Bill into law. Since that time, the third Monday in January has been ...

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.

The fact that slaves were sold in St. Augustine isn't in dispute; in 1827, the young New England writer Ralph Waldo Emerson passed through and saw a slave auction in full swing. When King came in 1964 ...

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.

Eig said the “watering down” of King’s radical message is intentional, noting that King’s close friend Harry Belafonte believed the national holiday was designed to destroy King’s power — the holiday ...

MLK Day falls on the third Monday of every January, and most banks observe the holiday. Here's what you can do if you have banking tasks to complete.

Supporters, meanwhile, were still calling for federal holiday status. In 1983, about 20 years after King’s “I Have a Dream” speech, legislation for a Martin Luther King Jr. Day on the third ...