The holiday is the only federally-designated day of service. People are encouraged to participate in a “day of action” and spend the day doing something charitable to uplift their communities.

It was first proposed four days after King’s 1968 assassination outside a Memphis motel. It took 15 years until it became a federal holiday.

From sun-up to sundown, Abilenians will have the opportunity to remember civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.