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Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. Also called: MLK Day, King Day, Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day: Type: Federal: Date: Third Monday in January: 2023 date: January 16 () 2024 date: January 15 () 2025 date: January 20 () 2026 date: January 19 () Frequency: Annual: First time: 1986; 38 years ago ()
2023 federal holidays: New Year’s Day: Sunday, January 1 (Observed Monday, January 2) Martin Luther King Jr Day: Monday, January 16. Presidents’ Day: Monday, February 20. Memorial Day: Monday ...
Martin Luther King Jr. Day: 1986: ... Date Name Number of States/territories celebrating ... George Washington Carver Day: 1: 2023: Iowa (2023) [14]
From Veterans Day to Christmas, here are the dates of the 2024 federal holidays. New Year’s Day: Monday, January 1 Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr.: Monday, January 15
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Michael King Jr. was born on January 15, 1929, in Atlanta; he was the second of three children born to Michael King Sr. and Alberta King (née Williams). [4] [5] [6] Alberta's father, Adam Daniel Williams, [7] was a minister in rural Georgia, moved to Atlanta in 1893, [6] and became pastor of the Ebenezer Baptist Church in the following year. [8]
Martin Luther King Jr. Day falls on Monday, Jan. 16, 2023. Since it's a federal holiday, schools, offices and banks are closed — and many employers giver their employees the day off in observance.
On August 26, 2023, a march was held in Washington D.C on the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington. Organizers include Martin Luther King III, his wife and Drum Major Institute president Arndrea Waters King, daughter Yolanda and National Action Network leader Rev. Al Sharpton. [163]