Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Civil rights holiday
Martin Luther King Jr.
Day is a U.S. federal holiday on the third Monday of January, honoring the civil rights leader born January 15, 1929.
The day often occasions reflection on racial equality and community service: Schools were closed for Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
Also called MLK Day.
Famous civil rights oration
- Nobel PrizeHighest academic honor
- nonviolencePrincipled rejection of force
- oratorSkilled public speaker
- visionaryImaginative planner of futures
Letter from Birmingham Jail · March on Washington · assassination · Memphis · Coretta Scott King · Morehouse · pastor · reverend
Fair treatment under law
- equalitySame status for all
- freedomAbsence of constraint
- peaceFreedom from disturbance
- nonviolencePrincipled rejection of force
brotherhood · dignity · love · hope · reconciliation · tolerance · inclusion · human rights
Congressionally recognized day off
- JanuaryYear's opening month
- observanceKeeping of customs
- volunteerismUnpaid community assistance
- commemorationAct of honoring memory
national · remembrance · parade · ceremony · tribute · speeches · community service · Reagan
Forced separation by group
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
- Jim CrowRacial separation laws
- voting rightsEntitlement to elect officials
- Rosa ParksCivil rights icon
Montgomery · Selma · sit-ins · boycott · NAACP · civil disobedience · integration · desegregation
I Have a Dream
Famous civil rights oration
- Nobel PrizeHighest academic honor
- nonviolencePrincipled rejection of force
- oratorSkilled public speaker
visionary · Letter from Birmingham Jail · March on Washington · assassination · Memphis · Coretta Scott King · Morehouse · pastor · reverend · prophet
justice
Fair treatment under law
nonviolence · brotherhood · dignity · love · hope · reconciliation · tolerance · inclusion · human rights · civil liberties
federal holiday
Congressionally recognized day off
- JanuaryYear's opening month
- observanceKeeping of customs
- volunteerismUnpaid community assistance
commemoration · national · remembrance · parade · ceremony · tribute · speeches · community service · Reagan · Stevie Wonder
segregation
Forced separation by group
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
- Jim CrowRacial separation laws
- voting rightsEntitlement to elect officials
Rosa Parks · Montgomery · Selma · sit-ins · boycott · NAACP · civil disobedience · integration · desegregation · Brown v. Board
- American HolidaysIndependence Day, Fourth of July, July Fourth, Thanksgiving, Memorial Day
- holidaysChristmas, Easter, Thanksgiving, Halloween, Valentine's Day
Martin Luther King Jr. DayJim Crow era
Period of American racial segregation