Lisa Holder White, the first Black woman to serve as a justice on the Illinois Supreme Court, will keynote the golden anniversary of the Martin Luther King Jr. Day Breakfast in Springfield on Jan. 20.

All Illinois Secretary of State Offices, including driver services facilities will be closed, in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Banks According to the Federal Reserve Bank, the federal ...

All Illinois Secretary of State Offices, including driver services facilities will be closed, in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Banks According to the Federal Reserve Bank, the federal ...

Illinois first recognized Dr. King’s birthday as a legal holiday on Sept. 17, ... And that is the day that we celebrate Martin Luther King Jr.,” said Sierra Club Executive Director Ben Jealous.

Former Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White was one of King's proteges. ... On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, ... Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. would have celebrated his 96th birthday Jan. 15.

The annual day of remembrance for Martin Luther King Jr. is less than two weeks away, falling on Monday, Jan. 20, the same day as Inauguration Day this year.

But Martin Luther King Jr. Day is celebrated on the third Monday in January due to the Uniform Monday Holiday Act, which former President Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law in 1968.

Illinois first recognized Dr. King’s birthday as a legal holiday on Sept. 17, ... And that is the day that we celebrate Martin Luther King Jr.,” said Sierra Club Executive Director Ben Jealous.