Parades and special events will mark Martin Luther King Jr. Day in America on Monday, Jan. 21, as citizens remember the slain civil rights leader.
Government buildings, banks and public parks that are not affected by the partial government shutdown are closed today.
Every holiday, Google.com selects an artist to commemorate the day of observance with a scaled-down work of art called a Google Doodle.
For Martin Luther King, Jr. Day 2018, Google commissioned Cannaday Chapman to pay tribute to the late civil rights leader, Baptist minister, and Nobel Laureate who dedicated his life working tirelessly for peace and social justice in America.
Celebrate Martin Luther King Day and all of the many wonderful things that he stood for. Honor him for being the great man that he was!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 16, 2017
President-elect Donald Trump will honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. during a planned meeting with Dr. King's eldest son, Martin Luther King III.
Socialite Kim Kardashian posted this video of her husband, rap producer Kanye West reciting a poem about Martin Luther King, Jr. Kim stated she wished she had posted the video on the King holiday.
Awww, he's so handsome!
A Little Rock, Arkansas woman says her Martin Luther King holiday was marred by a drunken champion boxer who threatened to kill her entire family.
The NY Post reports middleweight boxing champion Jermain Taylor threatened to shoot Toya Smith's husband and their 5-, 3-, and 1-year-old children at a Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade on Monday.
Smith, 40, said she was watching the MLK parade with her family when Taylor stepped out of the crowd, showed her his championship belt and offered to take a picture with her son.