Sherman Wilkins says MLK Day is more than just a national holiday and the march is a tradition the NAACP plans to continue for years to come.

DECATUR — The Martin Luther King Jr. March will kick off at ... “It was just a lot for a Monday,” Wilkins said. “This way, that day is a day of rest, or however you want to commemorate ...

Martin Luther King Day is the third Monday in January and this year falls on Jan. 20. When was the first time MLK Day and Inauguration Day fell on the same day? MLK Day was first celebrated in 1986.