Dr Martin Luther King Jr. Day

A statement by Thema Bryant, PhD, president of the American Psychological Association, marking Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

“We apply our psychological science to advocacy to promote racial justice within our field and in the larger society. Racism is larger than individual bias; racism, similar to other forms of oppression, is structural and requires intentional labor to disrupt and to promote liberation. “To be maladjusted to racism means to reject the idea that racism is as an unmovable aspect of life.

From Milwaukee to Eau Claire, there are several events being held throughout the day to honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

The program will also honor this year’s Dr. to 8:30 p.m. to 7 p.m., including food, workshops and a free keynote from author and speaker Dr. Viterbo University will host a day dedicated to a variety of engagement opportunities from 8 a.m. at the Martin Luther King Branch Library, located at 310 W. The event is sponsored by Lawrence University, United Way Fox Cities, Appleton Area School District, Boys and Girls Club of the Fox Valley, People of Progression and Covey and will be available online-only and run from 6:30 to 8 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. Carter is the guest speaker, and the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra is set to perform. The Bucks will host a nonprofit fair during Monday’s game on the upper concourse of Fiserv Forum. Day when they host the Indiana Pacers at Fiserv Forum at 1:30 p.m. The theme of the annual event is Working Toward a World of Peace. Martin Luther King Jr.

Calloway Smith Middle School will also be hosting the city-wide interfaith service at 1 p.m. and a rally at 2 p.m.. MLK Day of Service. The 9th annual MLK Day ...

The nation will remember and honor civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday.

The event was accompanied by the unveiling of five new portraits in the Sweet Potato Comfort Pie photo exhibit, Character Values: Upholding Our Beloved ...

We celebrate the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday, the fallen civil rights leader, and minister, which is also recognized as a federal ...

Ray Harvey, the president of the Newburgh-Highland Falls NAACP, said the day is meant to reflect on Dr. King's mission in life and how people today can continue ...

“He wasn’t just for a certain type of people, he was all the people, and we need to get back that. Love has been a whisper; unity has been a whisper. King’s mission in life and how people today can continue to fulfill it without the divisive culture that has developed in recent years.

In Lexington, the 7th Annual CARE Rockbridge MLK Community Parade kicks off at United Methodist Church on Randolph Street at 10:30 Monday morning. CARE stands ...

(WDBJ) - Martin Luther King, Jr. Martin Luther King, Jr. [CARE](https://carerockbridge.org/) stands for Community Anti-Racism Effort and the goal of that parade is to fill the streets with love and call for justice.

SACRAMENTO – Governor Gavin Newsom today issued a proclamation declaring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day in the State of California. The text of the…

King provided a framework for how each of us can shape the future: Call out injustice and work toward something better. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s call to stand up against injustice and protect the most sacred tenets of democracy continues to inspire our work to build a better world. With people from all walks of life coming together to support their fellow Californians amid recent storms, we are reminded of the common humanity Dr.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a federal holiday observed on the third Monday in January each year as a way to recognize the civil rights icon and his ...

Al Jazeera takes a look at this federal holiday and what it means in the United States.

- Reagan said the holiday was meant to remember King and “the just cause he stood for”. During his speech, he asked Americans to look at King’s life for lessons on extremism and injustice. - King led a non-violent movement. It honours the life and legacy of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. This year, it is being held on January 16. [Martin Luther King, Jr was radical: We must reclaim that legacy](/features/2021/1/18/martin-luther-king-jr-was-radical-we-must-reclaim-that-legacy?traffic_source=KeepReading) [Critical Race Theory?

The decades-long journey to honor Dr. King with a fully-recognized federal holiday.

[AmeriCorps](https://americorps.gov/newsroom/events/mlk-day) has nationally coordinated the day of service since its inception in 1994. They proposed the legislation to encourage Americans to make the holiday ["a day on, not a day off"](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/martin-luther-king-junior-family-says-holiday-no-cause-for-celebration/) by finding a common cause to give back to their communities. The House passed the legislation with a final vote of 338 to 90 but was met with opposition in the Senate. [King Holiday and Service Act](https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/1933) into law on August 23, 1994. [History Channel](https://www.history.com/news/martin-luther-king-jr-day-controversial-origins-of-the-holiday), several southern states combined the day with celebrations of Confederate leader Robert E. Helms requested to have [FBI](https://theweek.com/speedreads/442012/fbi-tried-martin-luther-king-kill-himself-threatening-letter) [surveillance](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/retropolis/wp/2017/11/04/in-the-latest-jfk-files-the-fbis-ugly-analysis-on-martin-luther-king-jr-filled-with-falsehoods/) tapes of King unsealed, but District Judge John Lewis Smith Jr. Singer and songwriter Stevie Wonder became a vocal advocate for the bill and worked hard to spread the message. King's birthday declared a national holiday to remind the whole world over, for centuries to come, that Martin Luther King Jr. He continued to be a prominent advocate for the proposed holiday and reintroduced the legislation every year with the support of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), which Conyers co-founded. John Conyers was the first to introduce a bill to recognize King's birthday as a national holiday on Apr. A 2009 report in [Time magazine](https://web.archive.org/web/20090120235156/http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1872501,00.html) said that the [King Memorial Center](https://thekingcenter.org/) in Atlanta, which was founded around the same time, sponsored the first annual observance of King's birthday, Jan. Day](https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2023/01/13/a-proclamation-on-martin-luther-king-jr-federal-holiday-2023/), a federal holiday honoring [Dr.