UMass will host its annual special event honoring the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., with live music and more. Here's how to join.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day events include story times, speakers and fundraising events in Milwaukee and its suburbs.

The Dayton Metro Library is holding events in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. At the West Branch, they will be doing stories and crafts about “peace, diversity, inclusion and equality,” the library says. This will take place from 4-5 p.m. on Jan. 15 and is available for first through fourth grade.

Here’s what to know about Martin Luther King Jr., why we celebrate his impact each year and when MLK Day is in 2025.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day — or MLK Day — is celebrated annually on the third Monday of January. MLK Day became a federal holiday in 1994, but has been observed by Americans since January 1986, when it was first officially celebrated, per the Observance Calendar from the Department of Defense Education Activity site.

The observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day in Tuscaloosa will feature a Unity Day March. Here's what you need to know for Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration in Tuscaloosa:

This collaboration is between the university’s Black Student Alliance and Center for Diversity and Inclusion. The artwork will be for the upcoming Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Black History Month exhibits in the university Van Pelt and Opie Library. Both exhibits will be arranged in the library’s east reading room.

Celebrations marking what would have been the civil rights icon’s 96th birthday are planned throughout the region.

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