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In Arizona: "Martin Luther King Jr./Civil Rights Day". [27] In Arkansas: it was known as "Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Birthday and Robert E. Lee's Birthday" from 1985 to 2017. Legislation in March 2017 changed the name of the state holiday to "Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Birthday" and moved the commemoration of Lee to October.
Games held by the National Basketball Association (NBA) on Martin Luther King Jr. Day have been an annual tradition since 1986 when it was first observed as a federal holiday (with the exception of 1999 during the 1998–99 NBA lockout). [1] Unlike the more select number of Christmas Day games, more teams participate for that day. [2]
Birthday of Martin Luther King Jr. 26% [9] 34–38%: Honors Martin Luther King Jr., civil rights leader, who was actually born on January 15, 1929; combined with other holidays in several states. Some cities and municipalities hold parades; and more recently, the 1994 King Holiday and Service Act, which was passed to encourage Americans to ...
"To go and to celebrate the transition of power to someone who wants to decimate everything that Martin Luther King stood for on Martin Luther King Day as a civil rights lawyer seems a little ...
The 2024-25 calendar includes many single day breaks that will provide three-day weekends, including for Labor Day, Sept. 2 on Monday; Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday, Jan. 20 on Monday ...
Dr. Bernice A. King, daughter of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., speaks onstage during the 2023 Martin Luther King, Jr. Beloved Community Commemorative Service at Ebenezer Baptist Church on January ...
In the United States, the third Monday of every January has subsequently been inaugurated as Martin Luther King Jr. Day, which falls between the 15th and 21st.This means that January 16 now falls on a public holiday in approximately a seventh of all years (most recently in 2017), effectively usurping the very nature of National Nothing Day.
Where: John Chavis Memorial Park at 505 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. When: Noon to 3 p.m. The free event will showcase King’s work and feature activities, projects and more.