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Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Monday, January 17. Open from 10 a.m. – 8:30 p.m. ... Costco’s holiday season return policy is the same as the policy in force through the entire year:
Shoppers outside a Costco store in New York, in May 2023. - Bing Guan/Bloomberg/Getty Images Major US retailers and grocers — such as Target, Walmart and Kroger — will be open on MLK Day.
Despite being a revered leader of the civil rights movement, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was actually conflict avoidant, says biographer Jonathan Eig. In an interview published by NPR’s Book of ...
Martin Luther King Jr. (born Michael King Jr.; January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American Baptist minister, activist, and political philosopher who was one of the most prominent leaders in the civil rights movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968.
King: A Life is a 2023 biography of Martin Luther King Jr. by Jonathan Eig. It won the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for Biography [1] and was a finalist for the 2024 National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography. [2] Universal Pictures optioned the biography. A biopic is set for production with Amblin Partners.
On August 26, 2023, a march was held in Washington D.C on the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington. Organizers include Martin Luther King III, his wife and Drum Major Institute president Arndrea Waters King, daughter Yolanda and National Action Network leader Rev. Al Sharpton. [163]
Costco, which pays some of the highest wages in retail and is considered a progressive employer, is backing DEI at a moment when such initiatives are under attack from right-wing activists, legal ...
Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. in Oak Park, Sacramento, California (December 2014) Streets named after Martin Luther King Jr. can be found in many cities of the United States and in nearly every major metropolis. There are also a number of other countries that have honored Martin Luther King Jr., including Italy and Israel.