View performances, explore workshops, and hear a keynote address from King scholar, Lt. Gov. Antionio Delgado.

The holiday falls on the third Monday of January. A bill to make Martin Luther King Jr. Day a federal holiday was introduced on April 8, 1968 — four days after King was assassinated, according to the National Museum of African American History and Culture.

Topeka leaders honored Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at the Capitol on Jan. 16. Lawmakers and members of the African American Affairs Commission led an annual MLK march around the Statehouse. The march was the first step in Thursday’s time to honor Dr.