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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 ...
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.
In 1968, the Uniform Monday Holiday Act gave several holidays "floating" dates so that they always fall on a Monday, and also established Columbus Day. In 1983, President Ronald Reagan signed the bill that created Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day. It was first observed three years later, although some states resisted making it a state holiday.
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?
When Donald Trump is sworn in as the 47th president of the United States at his inauguration on Jan. 20, 2025, it will coincidentally fall on the federal holiday that honors Dr. Martin Luther King ...
The youngest child of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr didn’t want Donald Trump to ... become the country’s first female president on MLK Day. ... MLK Day has been celebrated on the third Monday in ...
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.
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 ...