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Celebrate and Serve Virtually during Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebrate and Serve Virtually during Martin Luther King Jr. Day Today, Monday, January 18, 2021, is Martin Luther King Jr. Day. It is a federal holiday that is celebrated on the third Monday of January. This is a day to celebrate and honor the legacy of a phenomenal great civil rights leader’s life. Many celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day with an MLK Day of Service. Even during a pandemic, there are ways for you to celebrate and to serve your communities. Click here for the details on the Tuscaloosa Chapter of the Southern Ch...

New York City, nation honor Martin Luther King Jr. with day of service WABC NEW YORK (WABC) -- Officials and residents paid tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., during events in New York City and around the country Monday as the nation observed the federal holiday named in his honor -- this year amid the coronavirus pandemic. Martin Luther King Day is honored with acts of service, which come at a time when so many need the help. Many took time to volunteer, both virtually and in person. The Brooklyn Academy of Music held its annual tribute to MLK with virtual events rich with a mix of poet...

Cincinnati remembers Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. during annual MLK Day Parade Cincinnati remembers Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. during annual MLK Day Parade By Morgan Parrish | January 18, 2021 at 1:14 PM EST - Updated January 18 at 6:22 PM CINCINNATI (FOX19) - Cincinnati is honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day in the best way they know-how. The 46th annual King Legacy Celebration was held earlier in the day with a commemorative civil rights march and motorcade. “It’s just amazing to see people come out and say, ‘I’m gonna do it the best way I can,’ and those who...

How much has really improved for black people in the U.S. since 1968? Ted Eytan, CC BY-SAOn Apr. 4, 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee, while assisting striking sanitation workers. Back then, over a half century ago, the wholesale racial integration required by the 1964 Civil Rights Act was just beginning to chip away at discrimination in education, jobs and public facilities. Black voters had only obtained legal protections two years earlier, and the 1968 Fair Housing Act was about to become law. African-Americans were only beginning to move into neighborh...

It's one of the most shocking chapters in the life of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr." How the U.S. government wire-tapped his phones and bugged hotel rooms where he stayed.