Martin Luther King, Jr. (January 15, 1929-April 4, 1968) was one of the most prominent leaders of America's Civil Rights ...
The government shuts down the third Monday in January to honor Martin Luther King Jr ... began only four days after King was assassinated but was not passed until 15 years after his death.
It took a long political effort to make the King Holiday commemoration a federal law. ATLANTA — The MLK Day holiday is marked annually as a day of service and remembrance of the struggle for justice, ...
January 20 marks Martin Luther King Jr. Day ... former President Ronald Reagan signed it into law later that year. The first national holiday honoring King was celebrated in 1986.
The annual day of remembrance for Martin Luther ... four days after King was assassinated but was not passed until 15 years after his death. On Nov. 2, 1983, President Ronald Reagan signed a ...
He talked of a new Manifest Destiny and a “Golden Age.” He invoked the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., William McKinley and ...
Within days of President Donald Trump's inauguration, one Republican lawmaker in Tennessee is proposing to rename Nashville ...
President Donald Trump redecorated the Oval Office with many of the same artifacts from his first White House term.