Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a U.S. holiday and national day of service. It took a long time for the country to get there It was first proposed four days after King's 1968 assassination outside a ...

The movement was civil and voting rights for Black Americans, and the subject was Vivian. The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. called him the greatest preacher he had ever seen. President Barack Obama honored him with the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. called him the ... and Peoria' President Barack Obama honored Vivian with the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2013. The day it was announced, Vivian told ...