MLK Day
Civil rights holiday
MLK Day is the federal holiday honoring Martin Luther King Jr., the civil rights leader.
Observed on the third Monday of January, near King's birthday.
The office is closed for MLK Day.
Also called Martin Luther King Day or Martin Luther King Jr.
Day.
- MartinLatin-rooted masculine name
- LutherProtestant Reformation initiator
- KingMale hereditary ruler
- Coretta Scott KingCivil rights leader's widow
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