Deseret News archives: Martin Luther King Jr. Day history celebrated with service, optimism
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.
It was first proposed four days after King’s 1968 assassination outside a Memphis motel. It took 15 years until it became a ...
Will banks, post offices and shipping services be open on MLK Day? Here's what you need to know for Monday, Jan. 20.
MLK Day volunteers typically perform community service that continues King’s fight to end racial discrimination and economic injustice — to build the “beloved community,” as he often said. But King ...
President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration will be the first, in a century, to fall on a federal holiday: Martin Luther King ...
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The Israeli security cabinet meeting to vote on a ceasefire deal with Hamas, which was delayed yesterday, is set for today.
The Dunbar Recreation Center will present the reading “The Battle for MLK Day,” at 12:30 p.m. Monday. The reading will be ...
In a rare happening, the King holiday falls on the same day as the presidential inauguration. Activists vow to continue the fight for civil rights.
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