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In New Hampshire: "Martin Luther King Jr. Civil Rights Day". [30] In Virginia: it was known as Lee–Jackson–King Day, combining King's birthday with the established Lee–Jackson Day. [31] In 2000, Lee–Jackson Day was moved to the Friday before Martin Luther King Jr. Day, establishing Martin Luther King Jr. Day as a holiday in its own ...
Independence Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration When: 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Monday If you’re in Independence, head to the Truman Building on 416 W. Maple Ave. for a Martin Luther King Jr. Day ...
Martin Luther King Day 2024 celebration. The Martin Luther King Jr. Committee of El Paso invites the community to its celebration and observance at 3 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 14, at Mount Zion Baptist ...
In Lake Worth Beach, "Thirty Years of Truth, Love and History" will be the theme of the annual Martin Luther King Day Commemoration. All events are free and open to the public. Friday, Jan. 12, 7 p.m.
United States House of Representatives vote on the bill United States Senate vote on the bill. During the 90th Session of Congress following the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. on April 4, 1968, Senator Edward Brooke and Representatives John Conyers and Charles Samuel Joelson introduced multiple bills that would create a holiday to honor King on either January 15 or April 4, but none ...
The Center for Food Action held a Day of Service Snack Pack Event on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day at Community Baptist Church in Englewood, N.J. on Monday Jan. 16, 2023.
At a Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration at City Hall New Orleans on January 16, 2006, the mayor gave a speech. Nagin began the speech invoking spirits of Peace, Love, and Unity. He then described a talk he had with Martin Luther King Jr. earlier that morning (as King was long dead, this was presumably a metaphor or rhetorical device). Nagin ...
Given that Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a federal holiday (one of 11 each year), a majority of schools, government agencies and banks will be closed in observance of the day.