City Hall Will Be Closed on January 17, 2022 in Honor of Martin Luther King, Jr., Day

In honor of Martin Luther King, Jr., Day, Melrose City Hall and other municipal buildings will be closed on Monday, January 17, 2022. City Hall will reopen on Tuesday, January 18 at 8:30a.m.

About Martin Luther King, Jr., Day 

Martin Luther King, Jr., Day, is a holiday that falls on the third Monday in January and honors the achievements of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Dr. King was a Baptist minister who advocated the use of nonviolent means to end racial segregation and first came to national prominence during a bus boycott by African Americans in Montgomery, Alabama, in 1955.

He founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in 1957 and led the 1963 March on Washington. The most influential of African American civil rights leaders during the 1960s, he was instrumental in the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which outlawed discrimination in public accommodations, facilities, and employment, and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. King was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1964. He was assassinated on April 4, 1968. 

Click here to learn more about Dr. Maritn Luther King, Jr.

In observance of the holiday, there will be no curbside pickup on Monday, Janury 17. Pickup will be delayed by one day for the remainder of the week. 

References
Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. "Martin Luther King, Jr., Day". Encyclopedia Britannica, 17 Nov. 2021, https://www.britannica.com/topic/Martin-Luther-King-Jr-Day