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

MLK Day is a federal holiday honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., encouraging reflection on racism ... In 1987, Arizona Gov. Evan Mecham rescinded MLK Day as his first act in office. Many entertainers and organizations began to boycott the state.

The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his iconic “I Have a Dream ... Then in 1987, Gov. Evan Mecham rescinded his predecessor’s executive order enacting a state holiday in Arizona.

On the third Monday of the month — close to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Jan. 15 birthday ... Then in 1987, Gov. Evan Mecham rescinded his predecessor's executive order enacting a state ...

The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his iconic “I Have a Dream ... Then in 1987, Gov. Evan Mecham rescinded his predecessor's executive order enacting a state holiday in Arizona.

Arizona was one of the last states to recognize Martin Luther King Jr. Day as a holiday and the only state that required a public vote to do so.

It took a long and contentious fight to make Martin Luther King Jr. Day a state holiday in Arizona. The big picture: The movement to carve out a day to honor King began shortly after his 1968 assassination.

After the COVID-19 pandemic and Maui wildfires upended a lot of people’s lives including his, Bryant Neal was ready to return to some kind of normalcy, and that normalcy turned out to be reviving the annual Martin Luther King Jr.

STATEN ISLAND SECTION Later that day, the National Council of Negro Women, Staten Island Section, organized a transformative Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service in collaboration with several ...

(This story was updated to accurately reflect the most current information.) Jacksonville's Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade, which was postponed Monday because of cold weather, has been ...

Hours after President Donald Trump signed an executive order to declassify documents detailing the FBI’s investigation of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.‘s 1968 assassination, the civil rights ...

The City of Glen Cove hosted its 41st annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Day on Jan. 20 with a march and commemorative program. Attendees met in front of the First Baptist Church at 8:45 and ended at ...