More: Alabama governor orders flags to full staff for inauguration day. ... Post offices will be closed on MLK Day, according to the U.S. Postal Service (USPS). Mail will not be delivered.

When is MLK Day? MLK Day is observed on the third Monday of January annually. This year, it falls on Jan. 20. What is MLK Day? MLK Day celebrates the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr ...

I am a civil rights baby, born into agitating when my mother sat down at a whites-only lunch counter in Huntsville, Alabama, in 1962, with me, her four-month-old infant in her lap — and ...

With freezing weather in the forecast, Montgomery's Martin Luther King Day events scheduled for Monday, Jan. 20, have been postponed until a later date, according to the Montgomery Martin Luther ...

Brookwood is set to host the fourth annual MLK Day Classic basketball event on Monday, Jan. 20.. There are 10 schools participating this year: Northridge girls, Neshoba Central (Mississippi) girls ...

The U.S. is set to mark Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the federal holiday set aside to honor the life of the civil rights icon. But in Alabama and Mississippi, Monday is also Robert E. Lee Day in ...

But in Alabama and Mississippi, Monday is also Robert E. Lee Day in honor of the Confederate general. The two states recognize King and Lee on the third Monday in January.

Mississippi and Alabama are the only two states that still celebrate Confederate Gen.Robert E. Lee’s birthday alongside the federal holiday set aside for slain civil rights leader Martin Luther ...

Inauguration Day and MLK Day both fall on the same day this year: Jan. 20, 2025. Trump by Shannon Stapleton; King by AP Photo/Chuck Harrity See below for a list of what’s open and what’s ...

What is MLK Day? What to know about the federal holiday to honor Martin Luther King Jr. ... The Baptist minister first came to national prominence during the 1955 Montgomery bus boycott in Alabama.

Alabama and Mississippi in the 1980s adopted Martin Luther King Day as a state holiday, adding it to their existing day honoring Lee. U.S. & World Trump Administration 9 hours ago ...

Alabama and Mississippi in the 1980s adopted Martin Luther King Day as a state holiday, adding it to their existing day honoring Lee. U.S. & World NWSL 19 mins ago ...