We Salute This Month's Celebrations

Some special events are feted in January. The Women's Memorial Foundation salutes:

Jan. 1: New Year’s Day

Jan. 18: Each year, the third Monday in January is observed in celebration of Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday. Born Jan. 15, 1929, King was a clergyman, activist and prominent leader in the African American civil rights movement. In 1964, King, a human rights icon, became the youngest person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for his work to end racial segregation and racial discrimination through civil disobedience and other non-violent means. King was assassinated on Apr. 4, 1968, and was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1977 and the Congressional Gold Medal in 2004. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day was established as a US federal holiday in 1986.

 

 

(January 2010)