Barnaby kay biography of martin luther king

1929-1968

In Focus: Martin Luther King Jr. Day

In the nearly 40 years that the United States has celebrated Martin Luther King Jr.

Day, the national holiday has never coincided with the inauguration of a non-incumbent president.

The first volume of The Papers of Martin Luther King, Jr. is published.

The first volume of The Papers of Martin Luther King, Jr. is published.

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David Harewood will play Martin Luther King in The Mountaintop, which runs at south London's Theatre from 12 June to 4 July (previews from 9 June).

That changes this year.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is celebrated annually on the third Monday in January to mark the late activist’s birthday. In 2025, the holiday falls on January 20, the same day typically set aside for Inauguration Day every four years.

Indeed, January 20 is also when Donald Trump will be sworn in as 47^th president.

Bill Clinton and Barack Obama previously took presidential oaths of office on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. However, in both cases, the men were starting their second consecutive terms, much quieter occasions than the transfer of power from one president to the next.

Days after King’s assassination in 1968, a campaign for a holiday in his honor began. U.S. Representative John Conyers Jr. of Mi