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In New Hampshire: "Martin Luther King Jr. Civil Rights Day". [30] In Virginia: it was known as Lee–Jackson–King Day, combining King's birthday with the established Lee–Jackson Day. [31] In 2000, Lee–Jackson Day was moved to the Friday before Martin Luther King Jr. Day, establishing Martin Luther King Jr. Day as a holiday in its own ...
Martin Luther King Jr. Day was established as a holiday in cities and states throughout the United States beginning in 1971; the federal holiday was first observed in 1986. The Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., was dedicated in 2011.
With the climate crisis, people of color have to do more than just fight the same old fights for racial justice. A new campaign is trying to help.
As the U.S. comes together to celebrate his life and legacy on Monday, Jan. 15, 2024, for Martin Luther King Jr. Day, TIME has compiled a number of lesser-known facts about the man whose ...
Here is a closer look at what to know about Martin Luther King Jr. and the day in El Paso. Martin Luther King Jr. is shown in Washington on Aug. 28, 1963. Is Martin Luther King a federal holiday?
United States House of Representatives vote on the bill United States Senate vote on the bill. During the 90th Session of Congress following the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. on April 4, 1968, Senator Edward Brooke and Representatives John Conyers and Charles Samuel Joelson introduced multiple bills that would create a holiday to honor King on either January 15 or April 4, but none ...
In this April 3, 1968, file photo, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. makes his last public appearance at the Mason Temple in Memphis, Tennessee. The following day King was assassinated on his motel balcony.
Strength to Love is a book by Martin Luther King Jr. It was published in 1963 as a collection of his sermons primarily on the topic of racial segregation in the United States and with a heavy emphasis on permanent religious values.