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In Arkansas: it was known as "Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Birthday and Robert E. Lee's Birthday" from 1985 to 2017. Legislation in March 2017 changed the name of the state holiday to "Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Birthday" and moved the commemoration of Lee to October. In Idaho: "Martin Luther King Jr.–Idaho Human Rights Day". [28]
Michael King Jr. was born on January 15, 1929, in Atlanta; he was the second of three children born to Michael King Sr. and Alberta King (née Williams). [6] [7] [8] Alberta's father, Adam Daniel Williams, [9] was a minister in rural Georgia, moved to Atlanta in 1893, [8] and became pastor of the Ebenezer Baptist Church in the following year. [10]
The holiday in his honor is timed to honor King’s birthday on Jan. 15, 1929. However, the holiday, which did happen to align with his birthday in 2024 , rarely falls on that actual day.
A United States federal statute honoring the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr. and his work in the civil rights movement with a federal holiday was enacted by the 98th United States Congress and signed into law by President Ronald Reagan on November 2, 1983, creating Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a federal holiday marking Dr. King's birthday, is observed on the third Monday of January each year. King's actual birthday was January 15, 1929. This year, MLK day is ...
Museums pay homage to King. In Washington, D.C., the National Museum of African American History and Culture was marking King's birthday with a service project to make literacy packets for pre ...
Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. November 2, 1983 [23] Honors Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., a civil rights leader who was born on January 15, 1929. Some municipalities hold parades, and since the 1994 King Holiday and Service Act, it has become a day of citizen action volunteer service, sometimes referred to as the MLK Day of Service.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., a pivotal figure in the civil rights movement, ... (D-N.Y.), tried to pass legislation that would designate a national holiday in observance of King’s birthday. The ...