Martin Luther King Day

Martin Luther King Jr. was born on January 15, but he is honored on the third Monday of the month with a federal holiday. Martin Luther King Jr. was an important leader of the Civil Rights Movement here in America during the 1950s and 60s. The holiday was created as a day to remember his fight for the freedom, equality, and dignity of all races and peoples, and as a time to remember the message of change through nonviolence. For more information about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., visit www.holidays.net/mlk.

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