Civil Rights Day – January 15, 2024

Civil Rights Day, or Martin Luther King Jr. Day, is an annual observance marked on the third Monday in January, and takes place on January 15 this year. It celebrates the movement started by Martin Luther King Jr. to end racism and inequality in the U.S. This movement was a decade-long campaign by the African Americans for their rights and to put an end to legalized racial segregation by the ‘white’ people against people of ‘any other color.’ This campaign led by Martin Luther King Jr. and others ended legalized discrimination in the United States against people of color. To obtain further information please CIVIL RIGHTS DAY - January 15, 2024 - National Today.