MEDORA, ND (KXNET) — While it might be a frigid day to celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr., the Theodore Roosevelt National Park is offering a special perk for the holiday. If you’re looking for ...

On the 57th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination, ... King borrowed this line from abolitionist Theodore Parker, but it became a central theme in his speeches.

Wishing you all a very happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Inauguration Day! ... We have duties to others and duties to ourselves; and we can shirk neither.” -- Theodore Roosevelt, March 4, 1905.

Dear Readers: Wishing you all a very happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Inauguration Day! ... and we can shirk neither.” -- Theodore Roosevelt, March 4, 1905.

Explore 10 inspiring quotes by Martin Luther King Jr. that champion change, equality, and hope, leaving a lasting impact on the world. Saniya Ahmad Khan 681 Stories Monday January 27, 2025 , 5 min ...

Two other presidents had inaugurations on Monday, January 20, but they were held before Martin Luther King Jr. Day was a holiday. Franklin D. Roosevelt was sworn in for his third term on Monday ...

Martin Luther King Jr., for example, argued that with passage of civil rights laws, ... Douglas, raised by a struggling single mother, and appointed to his seat in 1939 by Franklin Roosevelt, ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is on Monday, Jan. 20, ... Franklin D. Roosevelt was the first president sworn in on January 20 when the Inauguration for his second term took place in 1937.

A historic Black church in downtown Memphis that was the organizing point for Martin Luther King Jr.’s final campaign in 1968 caught fire early Monday morning and suffered significant damage.

In 1983, about 20 years after King’s “I Have a Dream” speech, legislation for a Martin Luther King Jr. Day on the third Monday of January cleared Congress and President Ronald Reagan signed it.

Here’s what to know about Martin Luther King Jr., why we celebrate his impact each year and when MLK Day is in 2025. News Sports Kentucky Derby Life Opinion Advertise Obituaries eNewspaper Legals.

In an interview published by NPR’s Book of the Day podcast on Jan. 3, writer Jonathan Eig, who authored the biography 'King: A Life,' said that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was "a protest leader ...