*Martin Luther King Jr. Day* UCCE Office closed January 19th

*Martin Luther King Jr. Day* UCCE Office closed January 19th

Martin Luther King Jr. Day (MLK Day) is a federal holiday in the United States observed on the third Monday of January each year. King was the chief spokesperson for nonviolent activism in the Civil Rights Movement, which protested racial discrimination in federal and state law and civil society. The movement led to several groundbreaking legislative reforms in the United States.