The Rev. Martin Luther ... Rep. John Conyers of Michigan, one of the longest-serving members of Congress known for his liberal stance on civil rights, proposed legislation to recognize King ...

American religious and Civil Rights leader Reverend Martin Luther King ... a bill to have a King holiday was proposed in Congress, it was introduced by Representative John Conyers, a Democrat ...

In the nearly 40 years that the United States has celebrated Martin ... King’s assassination in 1968, a campaign for a holiday in his honor began. U.S. Representative John Conyers Jr. of ...

The request, which comes on the heels of an executive order by President Trump, represents a sharp reversal for the F.B.I.

NEW YORK — Monday, Jan. 20, commemorates the birthday of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr ... Just four days after King’s assassination in 1968, US Rep. John Conyers of Michigan introduced ...