Jimmy Carter, who died Dec. 29 at the age of 100, spent his life intertwined with America’s and the world’s enduring legacy of slavery.
It was first proposed four days after King's 1968 assassination outside a Memphis motel. It took 15 years until it became a federal holiday.
Flags, which were previously lowered to honor the late President Jimmy Carter, will return to half-staff from sunrise on January 21 until sunset on January 29 to continue the mourning period. “I am pleased to honor both the peaceful transition of power and President Carter’s legacy,” said Governor Stein.
In Harlem, New York, while signing copies of his first book, “Stride Toward Freedom,” Izola Ware Curry stabbed King with a letter opener between his heart and lung. He was taken to Harlem Hospital where his physician, Dr. Aubré D. Maynard, said, “If you had sneezed, your aorta would have been punctured and you would have drowned in your own blood.”
Martin Luther King Jr. Day is about unity, the celebration of King’s accomplishments and continuing to dream of peace, said Lenoir-Rhyne University students.
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Monday is Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a day to remember King's life's work and his legacy on civil rights and social justice.
On Jan. 20, the U.S. will recognize two federal holidays, MLK Day and Inauguration Day. Here's what all will be closed in observance of the holidays.
Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Inauguration Day overlap for the third time in the history of the United States. Citizens across the country are in high spirits as they recall the efforts and sacrifices of Martin Luther King Jr.
Wes Moore is good at making pithy statements, and this one traveled far in the political news media, which is looking for someone to speak for the 48.36% of the nation's voters who didn’t want Donald Trump returned to the White House.
Donald Trump, who overcame impeachments, criminal indictments and a pair of assassination attempts to win another term in the White House, will be sworn in Monday as the 47th U.S. president taking cha