Martin Luther King Jr. Day
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Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a federal holiday in the United States observed on the third Monday of January each year. King was the chief spokesperson for nonviolent activism in the civil rights move
King in 1965
A sign in 1969, promoting a holiday on the anniversary of King's death
Ronald Reagan and Coretta Scott King at the Martin Luther King Jr. Day signing ceremony
Martin Luther King Sr., Rosalynn Carter, Andrew Young, Coretta Scott King, and President Jimmy Carter in 1979.
Martin Luther King Jr.
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Martin Luther King Jr. was an American civil rights activist and Baptist minister who was a prominent leader of the civil rights movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968. He advanced civil r
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
…in federal and state law and civil society. The movement led to several groundbreaking legislative reforms in the United States. Born in 1929, Martin Luther King Jr.'s actual birthday is January 15, which in 1929 fell on a Tuesday. The earliest Monday for this holiday is January 15 and the latest is January 21. The…
King in 1964
King's childhood home in Atlanta
The high school that King attended was named after African-American educator Booker T. Washington.
King received a Bachelor of Divinity degree from Crozer Theological Seminary in 1951 (pictured in 2009).