As a holiday, federal offices will be closed and those workers will have a paid day off, according to the U.S. Office of Personnel Management. When is Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2025? This year ...

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 ...

On April 3, 1968, civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. delivered what ... The following day, on April 4, King Jr., 39, was shot and killed while standing on a balcony of the Lorraine Motel ...

The occasion coincided with Martin Luther King Day, a federal holiday dedicated to the civil rights leader’s memory and ideals. In his remarks, President Trump paid tribute to King, emphasizing ...

(AP) — A historic Black church in downtown Memphis that was the organizing point for Martin Luther King Jr.’s final campaign ... a study suggests The Memorial Day travel rush is off to an ...

Lawrence Phillips, founder and CEO of Green Book Global Walk in the footsteps of one of history's most important figures with a visit to the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park.

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 ...

Memphis Church Key to Martin Luther King's Last ... placards bearing that slogan. King traveled to Memphis that year to lead a march and was assassinated the day before on April 4, 1968.