Inauguration Day and Martin Luther King Jr. Day collide Monday in a rare occurrence. The big picture: Stock markets, banks, many schools and the U.S. Postal Service are closed for the federal ...

Only once before since it became a federal holiday has Martin Luther King Jr. Day fallen on the same day as a presidential inauguration. That was in 1997, when Bill Clinton took the oath of office ...

MLK Day and Inauguration Day had only coincided twice in U.S. history in the 1997 second inauguration of Bill Clinton and the 2013 second inauguration of Barack Obama.

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.

President Jimmy Carter posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Reverend Martin Luther King Jr.

In 2025, Martin Luther King Jr. Day also happens to coincide with Inauguration Day, a rare occurrence that last happened in 1997, when President Bill Clinton took the oath of office.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is coming up -- and it happens to coincide with President-elect Donald Trump's Inauguration Day. What's opened and what's closed? Is MLK Day a national holiday?

In 1994, President Bill Clinton signed into law Congressman John Lewis and Sen. Harris Wofford’s legislation making it a National Day of Service.

Here’s what to know about Martin Luther King Jr., why we celebrate his impact each year and when MLK Day is in 2025.