Detroiters like Stevie Wonder and John Conyers were instrumental in making Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday a federal ...

There will also be an extra emphasis on King’s ideas and words about leadership and equality, versus the ideas and words of the incoming President Donald Trump, whose inauguration falls on Marti ...

Here's what's open and closed on Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2025.

John Conyers of Michigan introduced legislation ... the holiday coincides with President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration, though the majority of business closures will be for MLK Day.

Just four days after King’s assassination in 1968, US Rep. John Conyers of Michigan introduced legislation for a federal holiday to honor the civil rights leader.