There is a reason that there is no mail and the banks and (some) schools are closed this Monday. Don’t forget…
Listen. Look. Learn. Pay attention, listen to what people are saying in person and on TV the next few days.
Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the third Monday in January, was first declared a public holiday in the United States by President Reagan in 1983. Born on January 15th, 1929, Martin Luther King became a Baptist minister and doctor of theology. He travelled extensively throughout the United States, preaching and working for Afro-American civil rights and was assassinated in Memphis Tennessee on 4th April, 1968.
