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Americans honored MLK Day for 40 years. Is 2026 different?

Season 2 Episode 2 | 52m 09s

Visitors to U.S. national parks get in free on certain holidays. But two days honoring Black history, Martin Luther King’s birthday and Juneteenth, are no longer free. As America marks 40 years of observing MLK Day, today on the Wheelhouse we’ll look at how the current Republican administration in Washington is marking King’s birthday and what that means for Black history.

Aired: 01/13/26
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