New Orleans was one of the first major cities to host a Martin Luther King Jr. Day in the U.S., several years before it became a national holiday. The big picture: There are several events planned ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Officials in New Orleans and Jefferson Parish have canceled annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day parades due to the growing threat of a winter storm set to impact the area early ...

Monday is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day and the 30th anniversary of ... The resort will also host fireworks and jazz with a band visiting from New Orleans. "I think the ski industry has long ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a federal ... including New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Houston, also list similar information on their websites. Since MLK Day is a federal holiday, federal ...

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 ...

(WTOC) - Monday is Savannah’s annual MLK Day parade honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The activist ... after the Bourbon Street attack in New Orleans. Mayor Van Jonson says city-wide safety ...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI - Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jonathan Eig will discuss his most recent book, “King: A Life” at a Martin Luther King Jr. Day event ... for The New Orleans Times-Picayune ...

The New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq are closed for Martin Luther King Jr. Day each year, according to the stock market schedules. Monday is slated to be cooler than Jan. 20 has been in D.C. in ...

said the the Martin Luther King, Jr. parade will follow its traditional route due to the recent incident in New Orleans. SEE MORE: Watching the trends for possibility of winter weather next week ...