With Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a federal holiday honoring the late civil rights icon, falling on a Monday this year, Michigan residents hoping to run errands or conduct business may be out of luck.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — In 1983, the King Holiday Bill was signed, designating the third Monday in January a federal holiday to honor civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. In West ...

Every third Monday in January, Martin Luther King Jr ... president highlight MLK Jr. Day events at SAME Cafe 11:30 a.m. SAME Cafe at the Main Library (325 N. Michigan St.) Will share reflections ...

John Conyers of Michigan introduced legislation for ... Here’s what’s open and closed on Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2025. Major U.S. retailers and grocers — such as Target, Walmart and ...

In the late 1940s, the Western Michigan College Players performed ... scholarship programs that continue to this day, like the Martin Luther King Jr. Students Scholars Academy, which provides ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a U.S. holiday and national day of service. It took a long time for the country to get there It was first proposed four days after King's 1968 assassination outside a ...