MLK Day & Inauguration fall on same day

Pressley celebrates MLK Day in Roxbury during Trump’s inauguration
Pressley announced her intention to boycott President Donald Trump's second inauguration earlier this month. The post Pressley celebrates MLK Day in Roxbury during Trump’s inauguration appeared first on Boston.
MA Rep. Ayanna Pressley skipping Donald Trump's inauguration, holding MLK Day event instead
"I'll be in town with my constituents honoring Dr. King's legacy," Rep. Ayanna Pressley said in a statement. "I don't think being there does that."
Rep. Pressley is spending MLK Day in Boston and ditching the inauguration
U.S. Rep. Ayanna Pressley, who represents Massachusetts’ 7th District, announced that she will not be attending the inauguration next week. She joined GBH’s All Things Considered host Arun Rath to share more about that decision and how she’s preparing for a second Trump administration. What follows is a lightly edited transcript.
Rep. Ayanna Pressley To Boycott Donald Trump’s Presidential Inauguration
Ayanna Pressley, the U.S. rep. for Massachusetts's 7th congressional district, will not attend President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration.
MLK Day Falls On Inauguration Day, Some Set To Honor King With Community Service
For only the third time since President Ronald Reagan declared Martin Luther King Day a federal holiday in 1983, the presidential inauguration and MLK Day will fall on the same day, the other two presidents were Bill Clinton (1997) and Barack Obama (2013).
U.S. Reps. Pressley, Keating will not attend Trump's inauguration
The congresswoman plans to spend the long weekend in Massachusetts "at community events that feed our collective soul and re-commit us to building a future rooted in love," she said in a statement.
Significance of Trump's presidential inauguration falling on MLK Day
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Reactions mixed as Trump’s inauguration coincides with MLK Day
Monday is a special occasion for supporters of America’s incoming president and admirers of its most revered civil rights leader. Donald Trump will be sworn into his second term, and the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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Ayanna Pressley channels MLK Jr's legacy to call for resistance to Trump
At a Martin Luther King Day community event in Roxbury, Rep. Ayanna Pressley speaks to 7 year old Zola White as her mother ...
Boston leaders, activists rally for community over chaos ahead of Trump inauguration
Three days before Martin Luther King Jr. Day and the start of the second Trump administration, activists and local officials ...