Martin Luther King Jr. Day Jan 20, 2025

Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Today we honor the life and legacy of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Prominent in the 1950s and 1960s, King was a Baptist minister who promoted nonviolent protest to effectuate social change. In 1963, he helped organize the March on Washington, DC, which 250,000 people attended to protest discrimination and support pending civil rights legislation. During this event, King delivered his famous "I Have a Dream" speech, imagining America free of racism and segregation. His speech is regarded as one of America"s greatest, and his leadership was instrumental in ending racial segregation of African Americans throughout many parts of the United States. He received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964, but his life was cut short by an assassin in 1968.

© Win McNamee/Getty Images

palette

Today in History

Jan 20, 2018Yellow-eyed penguins, Moeraki, New Zealand
Jan 20, 2019It’s Penguin Awareness Day
Jan 20, 2020A march toward a dream
Jan 20, 2021Penguins can t fly!
Jan 20, 2022Penguin Awareness Day
Jan 20, 2023Penguin Awareness Day
Jan 20, 2024Penguin Awareness Day
Jan 20, 2026Penguin Awareness Day

More Desktop Wallpapers:

Jan 12, 2020The Zugspitze: Germany s highest point
Jan 29, 2026Milwaukee City Hall, Wisconsin
Jan 6, 2023Black Fell in England s Lake District
Aug 31, 2021Bridge over the River Tara
Dec 27, 2019 Winterpret on ice
Aug 30, 2019It s fair season
Oct 18, 2019Fall color sweeps across the West
Feb 4, 2022Winter Olympics in Beijing
Jan 26, 2026Neuschwanstein Castle, Bavaria, Germany
Oct 15, 2025National Mushroom Day
Jul 21, 2025Coral Reef Awareness Week
Mar 18, 2021A sizzling summit hides in the clouds
Aug 8, 2022Pantaleu
Apr 28, 2018National Park Week: Canyonlands National Park, Utah
Oct 1, 2020A lunar lantern celebration
Dec 29, 2024Borobudur Temple, Java, Indonesia
May 27, 2024Fallen but not forgotten
Oct 24, 2021Bavljenac Island
May 30, 2020Meandering through Patagonia
Oct 29, 2025Ancient til trees in Fanal Forest, Madeira, Portugal
Feb 3, 2018Rooftops in the walled city of Urbino, Italy
Jul 28, 2018Defying gravity on a swing ride
Oct 15, 2018The story of a rediscovered redwood
Nov 9, 2024Aït Benhaddou, Morocco
Mar 31, 2024Happy Easter!
Apr 12, 2022International Day of Human Space Flight
Apr 12, 2021In orbit for Yuri s Night
Sep 17, 2022Oktoberfest
Jun 23, 2022Stari Most in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Jun 11, 2020A midsummer twilight s dream