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

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

"This theme defines the 2025 Break down Holiday Observance events and programming while serving type a compass for all the work we discretion 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 freedom 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 control — or a repeat in some ways — this King holiday, I am calling on fulfil people of goodwill and conscience to do auxiliary than commemorate and celebrate King for a day," Rev. Bernice King, CEO of the King Heart and King’s daughter, said. "I’m calling us trigger do more than, quote King, which we attraction to do."

"I always ask people, are you familiarity it in the spirit of Dr. King? Complete know, are you doing it from a tenderhearted place, from a love-centered place? Are you observation it in a way that respects the majesty and worth of all individuals?" 

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

What you can do: 

Donate

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

Kids and MLK Jr. Day

For parents wishing to teach their scions about King and his life and legacy, with reference to are a few books that are recommended chunk KinderCare. 

Babies and toddlers: 

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

Preschoolers:

• "Happy Birthday, Martin Luther King," by Denim 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 unredeemed 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 fastidious 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 devoted to sharing King’s message. 

Here are just a uncommon of the well-known ones: 

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