Articles About Martin Luther King Jr Day

• Randolph gets Peacemaker Award

  By Reilly DixonFebruary 20, 2026

  

  To thunderous applause and cheers from the hundreds of villagers packed in the John Bryan Center gym on Monday, Jan. 19 — Martin Luther King Jr. Day — longtime villager and Community Outreach Specialist Florence Randolph received the year’s Peacemaker Award.

• Village to observe Martin Luther King Jr. Day — march cancelled, indoor program still on

  By YS News StaffJanuary 17, 2026

  

  The annual march through downtown, which was scheduled to step off at about 9:45 a.m., has been cancelled due to chilly temperatures in the forecast. The indoor MLK Day programming will continue as planned at 11 a.m. in the Bryan Center gymnasium.

• Villager Joan Chappelle honored with MLK Peacemaker Award

  By Lauren ShowsJanuary 31, 2025

  

  A warm gathering of several hundred local residents in the John Bryan Center gym Monday, Jan. 20, marked the 2025 Martin Luther King Jr Day celebration in Yellow Springs.

• Martin Luther King Day plans in Yellow Springs announced

  By YS News StaffDecember 22, 2024

  

  The annual celebration will take place Monday, Jan. 20, with the theme “Stepping Up for Freedom 365.”

• 2024 Yellow Springs Martin Luther King program unites, invigorates

  By YS News StaffJanuary 19, 2024

  

  In a moving tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the village of Yellow Springs came together Monday, Jan. 15, to commemorate the 41st anniversary of the federal holiday, established in honor of the civil rights icon on what would have been his 95th birthday.

• 2024 Martin Luther King Jr. Day in Yellow Springs

  By YS News StaffJanuary 11, 2024

  

  The Yellow Springs Martin Luther King Jr. Day observance will take place Monday, Jan. 15, on what would have been the assassinated civil rights leader’s 95th birthday.

• Anchoring the Coretta Scott King Center in Black history

  By Cheryl DurgansFebruary 9, 2023

  

  This month, the Coretta Scott King Center for Cultural and Intellectual Freedom, or CSKC, will host programming in honor of Black History Month, including the A. Leon Higginbotham Jr. Memorial Lecture on Feb. 24, 6–8:30 p.m.