With President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration falling on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, members of the Black community in Boston said the coincidence generates some complicated feelings for them.
Trump is only the third president to be sworn in on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Due to the particulars of the calendar and the Constitution, the two events won't overlap again until 2053.
Donald Trump is set to make history as only the second president to be inaugurated on MLK Day. Can you guess the first?
West Virginia University and the Community Coalition for Social Justice of West Virginia will host two separate celebrations during Martin Luther King Jr. Day Weekend, with the first taking place on Saturday at the Mountainlair, the Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast.
In 2013, the last time a presidential inauguration was held on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Bernice King made sure her father was present.
Martin Luther King ... when MLK Day is observed. When was the last time MLK, Inauguration Day were on the same day? The last time the two key days coincided was in 2013 when Barack Obama took ...
Donald Trump is the third president inaugurated on Martin Luther King Jr Day since its enactment in 1986. Since then, only presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama have taken the oath of office on ...
Barack Obama can also be counted as having a half-Martin Luther King Jr. Day Inauguration. For his second term Inauguration, Jan. 20 was on a Sunday, so there was a private ceremony held on Sunday ...
Monday marks a very different legacy, as well, that of Martin Luther King Jr., whose words and actions more than six decades ago on the opposite end of the Mall helped usher in a freer, more just and equal society for all Americans.