Martin Luther King Day celebrations will take place in Houston this week, leading up to the national holiday on Monday

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. Several Houston events are lined up to mark the day and celebrate the civil rights leader. The downtown Houston 2025 Annual MLK Parade starts at 10 a.

There are several ways to celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr. Day in the Houston-area throughout the holiday weekend, including community service, brunches, parades and musical tributes. See what is happening in your neighborhood.

Houston has doubled its celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King's legacy with two parades on the same day and at the same time. Again on Monday, Houstonians will have multiple ways to celebrate King's contributions with the 31st MLK Grande Parade set for 10 a.

Martin Luther King Jr. was an activist and minister known for ... MLK Grande Parade will take place at 10 a.m. on Jan. 20 in midtown Houston. This parade will be the 31st annual MLK Grande Parade ...

Judge Lillian Alexander's journey to the bench of the 507th Family District Court was led by two ideals: education and inspiration.

Montoia Murray, a fifth-grader at Blackshear Elementary, was among 10 HISD students who celebrated the legacy of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. by competing in the event.

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Two federal holidays are observed on Monday. Here's how banks, the DMV, government offices and stores will be impacted.

On Jan. 19, the 36th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemorative Celebration took place at The Woodlands Methodist Church.

MLK Jr. Day is a federal holiday, so most government offices across the nation are closed and the Postal Service won't be delivering mail.

Even with temperatures in the 20s at sunrise and a winter storm warning in effect for Houston, Wendell Manigault was determined to attend celebrations in honor of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr .— as he said he has done regularly ever since the civil rights icon was assassinated in 1968.