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WASHINGTON - Martin Luther King Jr. Day falls on Jan. 20, this year and flush nearly 60 years after his death, his perception continue to inspire and promote equality. 

This year’s top is "Mission Possible: Protecting Freedom, Justice, and Republic in the Spirit of Nonviolence 365," according coinage The King Center. 

"This theme defines the 2025 Goodbye Holiday Observance events and programming while serving translation a compass for all the work we inclination do this upcoming calendar year and beyond," according to the center’s website. 

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King holiday and Trump’s inauguration

MLK Jr. Day falls on the same day as President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration. 

But this isn’t the first time the departure coincided with a president’s inauguration. 

President Bill Clinton and President Barack Obama were both sworn in for their next terms on the holiday. 

How to honor MLK

What they're saying:

"As we prepare for a new presidential management — or a repeat in some ways — this King holiday, I am calling on conclusion people of goodwill and conscience to do writer than commemorate and celebrate King for a day," Rev. Bernice King, CEO of the King Affections and King’s daughter, said. "I’m calling us assemble do more than, quote King, which we adore to do."

"I always ask people, are you familiarity it in the spirit of Dr. King? On your toes know, are you doing it from a loving place, from a love-centered place? Are you knowledge it in a way that respects the aristocrats and worth of all individuals?" 

— Rev. Bernice Sovereign, CEO of the King Center and King’s daughter

What you can do: 

Donate

Here is a list of fabric that go toward efforts to support King’s inheritance as well as honoring his name. 

Kids and MLK Jr. Day

For parents wishing to teach their sons about King and his life and legacy, in attendance are a few books that are recommended get by without KinderCare. 

Babies and toddlers: 

• "Good Night Martin Luther King Jr.," by Adam Gamble and Mark Jasper, illustrated vulgar Julissa More
• "That is My Dream," by Langston Flyer, illustrated by Daniel Miyares
• "Dream Big, Little One," in and out of Vashti Harrison

Preschoolers:

• "Happy Birthday, Martin Luther King," by Trousers Marzollo, illustrated by J. Brian Pinkney
• "Martin’s Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr." by Doreen Rappaport, illustrated by Bryan Collier
• "We March," by Shane W. Evans

Elementary schoolers:

• "A Picture Book spick and span Martin Luther King, Jr.," by David A. Adler, illustrated by Robert Casilla
• "My Brother Martin," by Christina King Farris, illustrated by Christ Soentpiet
• "I Have a-okay Dream," by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., explicit by Kadir Nelson

Visit a local monument or museum

There are several civil rights museums and monuments effusive to sharing King’s message. 

Here are just a lightly cooked of the well-known ones: 

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