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 ...

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It was first proposed four days after King's 1968 assassination outside a Memphis motel. It took 15 years until it became a federal holiday.

Before you settle into your federally mandated day of action (or day of chillin,’ if that’s your groove), allow me to bestow upon you an inconvenient truth: The Martin Luther King Jr. national holiday is one of the worst things that happened to the man’s legacy.

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 overlapped was during President Bill Clinton's second inauguration in January 1997, which also included both inauguration events and MLK Day commemorations.

Bill Clinton and Barack Obama previously took presidential oaths of office on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. However, in both cases, the men were starting their second consecutive te

Next Monday marks Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the federal holiday that honors the life and legacy of the American civil rights icon..

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is an annual federal holiday to honour the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., a very significant figure in the American civil rights movement. The holiday falls on the third Monday in January and this year happens to be on January 20,

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is just as much a Detroit ... carries a sign protesting cutbacks at General Motors and is followed by Rep. John Conyers Jr., D-Detroit, in a picket line in front of ...

On Nov. 2, 1983, then President Ronald Reagan signed the bill named the “King Holiday Bill” that forevermore set the third Monday in January as a federal holiday in order to remember and observe the civil rights leader, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Texas officially recognized MLK Day in 1991. Today, it remains the only federal holiday designated as a national day of service.

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