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Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a U.S. holiday and national day ... rights leader with a speech at an MLK breakfast hosted in Washington by the Rev. Al Sharpton's National Action Network.
The first breakfast gathering in Columbus to honor King occurred in 1986, which also was the first year of the federal Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday ... who was in Washington on Monday ...
This Inauguration Day also lands on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, which is annually observed ... a paid day off for federal employees in the Washington, D.C., area.) Because MLK Day is a federal ...
WASHINGTON - D.C. was buzzing with activity Monday as Martin Luther King Jr. Day and the presidential Inauguration fell on the same day for just the second time in history. Famed Civil Rights ...
The Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial is free to visit 24 hours a day, but National Park Service rangers are only available to answer questions from 9:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily. It can be reached by ...
(DC News Now) — This Martin Luther King Jr. Day, drivers in the Leesburg area ... head to DC News Now | Washington, DC.
BOSTON — As a Black teenager growing up in Boston, Wayne Lucas vividly remembers joining about 20,000 people to hear the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. speak ... and windy day, conditions similar ...