Date Martin Luther King Day 2019
Date Martin Luther King Day for the year 2019 is on Monday, the 21st of January 2019. In the United States, Martin Luther King Day is always observed on the third Monday of January. Martin Luther King, Jr., was a great man who worked for racial equality and civil rights in the United States of America. He was born on January 15, 1929, in Atlanta, Georgia. Martin had a brother, Alfred, and a sister, Christine. Both his father and grandfather were ministers. His mother was a schoolteacher who taught him how to read before he went to school. Young Martin was an excellent student in school; he skipped grades in both elementary school and high school . He enjoyed reading books, singing, riding a bicycle, and playing football and baseball. Martin entered Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia, when he was only 15 years old. Martin experienced racism early in life. In most public places, there were signs that said "Whites Only" to tell the black people they were not welco