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U.S. Embassy in Sudan
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January 16, 2023

On January 15, 1929, the civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was born. People in the United States honor him each year on the third Monday of January, a federal holiday that falls close to or on the anniversary of his birth, including through a National Day of Service with a variety of civic and community service projects to celebrate his legacy.