FedEx employees volunteer to pack meals on Martin Luther King Jr. Day 00:48. MOON TOWNSHIP, Pa. (KDKA) -- From rice and soy to dehydrated vegetables and vitamins, more than 100 FedEx employees on ...

Around 200 Memphis FedEx employees packaged over 50,000 boxes of food for a local nonprofit on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Action News 5 Memphis Story by Garner Montgomery ...

The annual day of remembrance for Martin Luther King Jr. is less than two weeks away, falling on Monday, Jan. 20, the same day as Inauguration Day this year.. Here’s what to know about Martin ...

Here’s what to know about Martin Luther King Jr., why we celebrate his impact each year and when MLK Day is in 2025. News Sports Indy 500 Things To Do Opinion Advertise Obituaries eNewspaper Legals.

But Martin Luther King Jr. Day is celebrated on the third Monday in January due to the Uniform Monday Holiday Act, which former President Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law in 1968.

In 1983, about 20 years after King’s “I Have a Dream” speech, legislation for a Martin Luther King Jr. Day on the third Monday of January cleared Congress and President Ronald Reagan signed it.

The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. during his "I Have a Dream" speech in front of the Lincoln Memorial for the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in Washington on Aug. 28, 1963.