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 ...
“I’d like somebody to mention that day that Martin Luther King, Jr., tried to give his life serving others." King was shot at 6:05 p.m. on April 4, 1968, on the second-floor balcony of the ...