Martin Luther King III, a civil rights activist and the son of Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, spoke to CBS News on MLK Day and Trump's inauguration.

On January 20, 2025, Michelle Obama skipped Donald Trump's inauguration. Instead, she took to Instagram to honor MLK Day, and encouraged her followers to remember Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "legacy of service."

Parade-goers march during the 45th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial March in downtown Raleigh on Monday, Jan. 20 ,2025. Middleton called King a proponent of “radical love,” and attendees remembered him as a leader who encouraged action and compassion.

The breakfast, held annually on MLK day, honors the memory and legacy of Dr. King as well as the work of Reverend Jackson.

U.S. stock markets will be closed on Monday, Jan. 20, in observance of the Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday. The Nasdaq and New York Stock Exchange will both be closed on the federal holiday but will reopen for regular trading hours on Tuesday, Jan. 21.

Monday is Martin Luther King Jr. Day, and many workers will have the day off. Check what's open and closed for the federal holiday.

Many public institutions are closed for Martin Luther King Jr. Day Monday, while some private businesses remain open. Here's what to know.

President Donald Trump is slated to declassify files and documents relating to the assassinations of famous Americans “in the coming days.”

In his prepared remarks on Monday, Trump made only one reference to King, in the context of his Black and Hispanic support. Trump made inroads into nearly every demographic group in the 2024 election, but the overwhelming majority of Black voters - about 8 in 10 - still cast their votes for the Democratic candidate.

After delivering a standout prayer during President Donald Trump s second inauguration on Monday, invoking Martin Luther King Jr s historic I Have a Dream speech, Pastor Lorenzo Sewell of 180 Church