When did MLK Day become a federal holiday? What to know about the national day of service
Texas officially recognized MLK Day in 1991. Today, it remains the only federal holiday designated as a national day of ...
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MLK Day 2025: Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Service in Atlanta
In 1981, Stevie Wonder released his soulful remix of "Happy Birthday," making it the anthem for the movement and a crowd ...
MLK Jr. Day: What to know about the holiday honoring civil rights leader
On the third Monday of January — close to King's Jan. 15 birthday — federal, state and local governments, institutions and various industries recognize ...
A look at the long struggle to establish Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Family and others carrying on Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy of equality, justice and nonviolent protest want Americans to ...
How did MLK Day become law?
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, ...
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'This work is needed more than ever': Annual Mesa MLK parade brings community together
local organizations marched down MLK Way. The Buffalo Soldiers of America’s Arizona chapter rode on horseback, chanting “Happy Birthday, Martin” and waving to the crowds. This year’s ...
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When is MLK Day 2025? How Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday became a federal holiday
What role did music play in getting Martin Luther King Jr. Day to become a holiday? According to the National Constitution Center, in 1981, Stevie Wonder released "Happy Birthday to You," making a ...