There was a struggle to make Martin Luther King's birthday a legal holiday, now there is a struggle to make it mean something. Resolve that Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Birthday doesn't become another shopping holiday, but a commemoration. Make a day of service, not a day off.
MLK Day timeline
€¢ April 4, 1968 Dr. King was assassinated.
€¢ U.S. Representative John Conyers of Michigan introduced
legislation to create a federal holiday to commemorate Dr. King.
€¢ 1973 Illinois became the first state to adopt MLK Day as a state holiday.
€¢ 1985 U.S. officially observes Martin Luther King Day for the first time.
€¢ January 20, 1986 The United States observed the first federal MLK Day.
€¢ January 18, 1993 Martin Luther King Day holiday was observed
in all 50 states for the first time.
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