Detroiters like Stevie Wonder and John Conyers were instrumental in making Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday a federal ...

On the third Monday of January — close to King's Jan. 15 birthday — federal, state and local governments, institutions and various industries recognize ...

Monday marks Martin Luther King ... national day of service to encourage all Americans to volunteer and improve their communities,” according to the Smithsonian National Museum of African American ...

Monday, January 20, commemorates the birthday of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. This year, the holiday coincides with ... Just four days after King’s assassination in 1968, US Rep. John Conyers of ...

With the date of presidential inaugurations and Martin Luther King Jr. Day both set by law, the two have - and will - keep overlapping.

In the nearly 40 years that the United States has celebrated Martin Luther ... King’s assassination in 1968, a campaign for a holiday in his honor began. U.S. Representative John Conyers Jr ...

Arizona didn't celebrate Martin Luther King Day until 1993, a decade after it became a federal holiday. Here's how the Super Bowl played a role.

January 20 marks Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the federal holiday that honors ... Former U.S. Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., introduced legislation to create a federal holiday honoring King on April ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is just as much a Detroit holiday ... Four days after his assassination, U.S. Rep. John Conyers, D-Detroit, introduced a bill in the Congress to recognize King’s ...