MLK Day 2020: Here's What's Open, Closed In Gwinnett County

LAWRENCEVILLE, GA - Martin Luther King Jr. Day falls on Monday this year, and a variety of services will be closed in Gwinnett County on the day.

King's birthday is Jan. 15, but the federal holiday celebrating the civil rights leader is observed on the third Monday of January each year.

Here's a breakdown of how the holiday could impact your routine.

• Gwinnett County offices and courts will be closed Monday. A Magistrate Court judge will be available at the Gwinnett County Detention Center during the holiday.
• Martin Luther King Jr. Day is not a trash and recycling holiday for solid waste providers in unincorporated Gwinnett County, so trash and recycling collections are scheduled as normal.
• The Gwinnett County Solid Waste Management Call Center will be closed that day, but hauler call centers will be open. Residents can visit www.GCSolidWaste.com to find their hauler’s contact information.
• Residents who live in a city should contact their city to find out if trash and recycling will be delayed due to the holiday.
• Contact your city hall if you need to do business, but more than likely they will be closed.
• Emergency services remain available.
• Gwinnett Public Schools will be closed.
• Gwinnett Public Libraries will be closed.
• Most movie theaters will be open.
• Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday is a federal holiday and all U.S. Postal Service post offices will be closed. No mail will be delivered or sent.
• Banks will be closed.
• Publix and Kroger stores will be open.

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The history of the MLK holiday in America is a complicated one.
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Almost immediately after King's assassination in 1968, activists began pushing for a holiday celebrating his Jan. 15 birthday. However, the official national holiday wasn't signed into law until 1983 by President Ronald Reagan.
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The first federal MLK Day was observed on the third Monday of January in 1986, but many states held out. Arizona didn't recognize the day until 1992, when the state lost its rights to host the Super Bowl after voters in Arizona failed to make the day a paid holiday.
The last state to adopt the holiday? New Hampshire, in 1999.