On a picturesque autumn day in the White House Rose Garden in 1983, President Ronald Reagan signed the Martin Luther King Day bill into law. Even then, fifteen years after King had been gunned ...

As the nation prepares to commemorate Martin Luther King Jr. Day, it’s worth remembering that venerated Republican deity Ronald Reagan opposed the King holiday right up until the day he signed ...

It has been 40 years since Ronald Reagan signed the bill making Martin Luther King Jr. Day an official national holiday. In that time the legacy of America’s most famous and formidable civil ...

As Donald Trump spends Martin Luther King Jr. Day with an empty public schedule, and Vice President Mike Pence spends the weekend trying to enlist the late civil rights hero in Trump's quest for a ...

On Nov. 3, 1983, President Ronald Reagan signed a bill marking the third Monday of every January, as Martin Luther King, Jr., day, according to the center. The holiday was to begin in 1986.

It was 41 years ago that President Ronald Reagan made the third Monday in January an official federal holiday to honor Martin Luther King Jr.'s Jan. 15 birthday.

Time Studios and Stevie Wonder’s Eyes ‘n’ Sound are partnering to produce a feature doc chronicling the cultural, political, and musical journey to make Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday a federal ...

Monday marks Martin Luther King Jr. Day, ... holiday in 1983, and though the push to create the commemoration faced some opposition in the Senate, former President Ronald Reagan signed it into ...

The annual day of remembrance for Martin Luther King Jr. is less than two weeks away, falling on Monday, Jan. 20, the same day as Inauguration Day this year.

As Donald Trump spends Martin Luther King Jr. Day with an empty public schedule, and Vice President Mike Pence spends the weekend trying to enlist the late civil rights hero in Trump's quest for a ...

Editors note: Versions of this editorial have appeared at earlier holidays. It was 41 years ago that President Ronald Reagan made the third Monday in January an official federal holiday to honor ...