UPS will be closed for the day ... Some, but not all, schools close for Martin Luther King Jr. Day as well. Other public offerings, like libraries, Departments of Motor Vehicles, and local ...

State offices, including state courts, in Alabama are closed today for a holiday, though it’s not one most places celebrate.

Read full article: First joint Martin Luther King Jr. breakfast with city ... Alabama and Mississippi mark Confederate Memorial Day Alabama and Mississippi closed government offices on Monday ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the third Monday in January, became federally recognized in 1983 when President Ronald Reagan signed it into law.

With a combined market capitalization of nearly $30 trillion, the New York Stock Exchange is one of the largest stock ...

Civil Rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis ... he gave a speech at the Mason Temple Church and was killed the next day. James Earl Ray was convicted of King's ...

The next holiday is Good Friday, which is observed today, April 18. Not every school is closed for the day, though. Here's ...

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 ...

It was through Freedom House that he learned Martin Luther King, Jr. was coming to town in April ... lack of affordable housing and income inequality. Louise Day Hicks, then the chair of the ...