Since the holiday was officially designated in 1983, only one president was sworn in on Martin Luther King Jr. Day: former ...

For the third time in U.S. history, Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Inauguration Day will both be held on the same day.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day’s reach has only grown in its 42 years. It’s the only federal holiday where you take a “day on, not a day off.” In 1994, President Bill Clinton signed into law ...

Only once before since it became a federal holiday has Martin Luther King Jr. Day fallen on the same day as a presidential inauguration. That was in 1997, when Bill Clinton took the oath of office ...

With the date of presidential inaugurations and Martin Luther King Jr. Day both set by law, the two have - and will - keep ...

Martin Luther King Jr. leads the Walk to ... The two other times Inauguration Day and MLK Day overlapped were during President Bill Clinton’s second inauguration in 1997 and President Obama ...

The United States is paying tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's legacy the same day a new president was inaugurated.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day will coincide with the presidential ... but Congress struck the bill down in 1979 only to pass it four years later. Despite being made into a federal holiday in the ...

Family and others carrying on Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy of equality, justice and nonviolent protest want Americans to ...