Martin Luther King Jr.

• Martin Luther King Jr. Day, celebrated as a national holiday since 1986.
• King was born on Jan. 15, 1929. The holiday is observed on the third Monday in January.
• An ordained Baptist minister, King was a leader in the Civil Rights
• Movement of the 1950s and '60s and won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964. He was assassinated in April 1968.
• King is now honored by a national monument in Washington D.C. that opened last year. Learn more about the monument at mlkmemorial.org.

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