Suzette Hackney talked with Martin Luther King III about the convergence of Inauguration Day with the day of service that ...

The United States is paying tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's legacy the same day a new president was inaugurated.

Family and others carrying on Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy of equality, justice and nonviolent protest want Americans to ...

The life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King ... succeeded in making Martin Luther King Jr. Day a nationally observed holiday. On Nov. 2, 1983, Reagan signed a bill making the third Monday ...

Since the holiday was officially designated in 1983, only one president was sworn in on Martin Luther King Jr. Day: former ...

Federal holiday Martin Luther King Jr Day and Inauguration Day has overlapped for the third time in the long history of the ...

In 1997, Bill Clinton was the last president to be sworn in on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Clinton noted that 34 years ago, King had shared words at the other end of the National Mall “that ...

On Monday, America will observe both the birth of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King ... central to Dr. King’s philosophy. But for many, the unusual coupling — only Bill Clinton’s second ...

Federal holidays collide in a rare overlap today, which is both Inauguration Day and Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The two ...

not a day off' 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 ...

With the date of presidential inaugurations and Martin Luther King Jr. Day both set by law, the two have - and will - keep ...

"I just want to live in hope that some of the ideals of the late Dr. King might flow over into this new administration," said ...