As the nation pauses to remember Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and his legacy to the United States, the stock markets in the country will close for the day. The New York Stock Exchange will close for a long weekend after normal trading hours on Friday,

∎ Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Community Celebration: Come hear the words of civil rights icon Ruby Bridges at the Spartanburg Memorial Auditorium, located on 385 N. Church St. The event will take place on Sunday, Jan. 19 at 3 p.m.

The holiday is the only federally-designated day of service. People are encouraged to participate in a “day of action” and spend the day doing something charitable to uplift their communities.

Jan. 20 is Martin Luther King Jr. Day in the United States. Here's what's open and closed during the national holiday.

not a day off” and millions carry out philanthropic acts in King’s memory. Martin Luther King was born in 1929 into a country divided by racial segregation in many states. He was the son of ...

In the coming weeks, central Iowa and the rest of the United States will celebrate and honor the life of civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr.

On Monday, the nation will recognize the contributions of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. during a national holiday.

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

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

Since the holiday was officially designated in 1983, only one president was sworn in on Martin Luther King Jr. Day: former President Bill Clinton. For his second term, Clinton's Inauguration took place on Jan. 20, 1997.