Martin Luther King Jr. Day's reach has only grown in its 42 years. It's the only federal holiday where you take a “day on, not a day off." In 1994, President Bill Clinton signed into law ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Inauguration ... Here are the two times in history that MLK Day and Inauguration Day have seen the overlap. Bill Clinton 1997 and Barack Obama 2013 MLK Day and ...

Zoom in: It's the third time Inauguration Day and Martin Luther King Jr. Day have overlapped. Former President Bill Clinton's 1997 inauguration was the first, and former President Barack Obama's ...

In the nearly 40 years that the United States has celebrated Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the national holiday has never coincided with the inauguration of a non-incumbent president. That changes ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a U.S. holiday and national day of service. It took a long time for the country to get there It was first proposed four days after King's 1968 assassination outside a ...

In 2025, Martin Luther King Jr. Day also happens to coincide with Inauguration Day, a rare occurrence that last happened in 1997, when President Bill Clinton took the oath of office. Monday ...

If Martin Luther King Jr. could respond to the first five weeks of the second Trump Administration, King scholar Lerone A.

The third Monday in January is Martin Luther King Jr. Day, providing an occasion for reflection along with formal recognition of his impacts. The holiday is also an appropriate introduction to Black ...