The long struggle to establish Martin Luther King Jr. Day
In 1983, about 20 years after King's "I Have a Dream" speech, legislation for a Martin Luther King Jr. Day on the third Monday of January cleared Congress and President Ronald Reagan signed it ...
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Kennett and Lincoln unite for liberty’s pursuit as people honor Dr. Martin Luther King
LOWER OXFORD — The granddaughter of a former slave delivered the keynote address in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King on Monday at Lincoln University. Delivering remarks for nearly an hour ...
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Dear Annie: Thoughts for Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Inauguration Day
DEAR READERS: Wishing you all a very happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Inauguration ... to bind up the nation’s wounds.” -- Abraham Lincoln, March 4, 1865. “Much has been given us ...
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 remember that Monday's holiday is really about helping others.
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The long struggle to establish Martin Luther King Jr. Day
The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his iconic “I Have a Dream” speech in 1963 on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. He chose that location in part to honor President Abraham Lincoln as “a ...