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Chicago civil rights leaders and Illinois ... days in the American calendar. And that is the day that we celebrate Martin Luther King Jr.,” said Sierra Club Executive Director Ben Jealous.

The Rev. Julian DeShazier, pastor of the University Church in Chicago, speaks Jan. 20, 2025, at the Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration at South Suburban College in South Holland. (Jeff Vorva ...

Protesters blocked streets downtown Chicago Monday afternoon, on Inauguration Day and Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Various groups said they would join in protests Monday, and try to converge on ...

City Year Chicago remembered the life of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Saturday on the city's South Side through their annual Day of Service. "This is an opportunity for us to come together ...

Martin Luther King Jr.’s time in Chicago was significant ... was also a holiday for many observing Martin Luther King Junior day in the 1960's, the civil rights leader came to Chicago and ...

Martin Luther King Jr. leads the Walk to Freedom through downtown Detroit on June 23, 1963. MLK Day will be observed on Jan. 20. Bettmann Archive The first holiday of the year was just a couple of ...

“I’d like somebody to mention that day that Martin Luther King, Jr., tried to give his life serving others." King was shot at 6:05 p.m. on April 4, 1968, on the second-floor balcony of the ...

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 ...