Days after King's assassination, legislation was drafted to have Martin Luther King Jr. Day, but it would be another 15 years before King was recognized with a day and even longer for all of the ...

It wasn’t for 15 years until after King’s death that civil rights activists finally succeeded in making Martin Luther King Jr. Day a nationally observed holiday. On Nov. 2, 1983, Reagan signed a bill ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day in Tennessee: What’s open ... Ray would later recant his confession and continue to try and prove his innocence until his death at Columbia Nashville Memorial Hospital in ...

The life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. will once again be celebrated and honored on Monday at events around the nation. The Civil Rights icon, whose work to end segregation and racism ...

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This year's MLK Day also falls on Inauguration Day for President-elect Donald Trump, marking only the second time in 28 years that these federal observances align. The last time the two dates ...

To this day, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is the only non-president to have a national ... He became the pastor in 1931 when Williams died. His son, Martin, Jr., served as his co-pastor. He kept that ...

King, who was 39 years old at the time, was a polarizing figure to half the country even before his death ... legislation for a Martin Luther King Jr. Day on the third Monday of January cleared ...

January 20 marks Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the federal holiday that honors ... just four days after the civil rights leader’s assassination. Over the next decade, support for the holiday ...

How the idea for MLK day began The idea to establish ... to half the country even before his death, said Lerone Martin, director of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute ...