Jan 20, 2025 · The holiday was finally inked into state law in November 1992. Voters passed a Martin Luther King Civil Rights Day holiday, making Arizona the last state to formally install an MLK holiday and the only state to approve it by popular vote, according to the Pima County Public Library. Martin Luther King Jr. Day is honored across Maricopa County ...

Jan 15, 2025 · A few weeks later, on Monday, Jan. 18, 1993, Arizona celebrated its first official Martin Luther King Day holiday as a state. Thousands of people marched in Phoenix, and festivities included ...

Jan 15, 2024 · PHOENIX - Government offices in Arizona are closed on Jan. 15, 2024 as a result of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a holiday that was established to honor the late civil rights icon.

Jan 17, 2025 · Voters passed a Martin Luther King Civil Rights Day holiday, making Arizona the last state to formally install an MLK holiday and the only state to approve it by popular vote, according to the Pima County Public Library.

Dec 10, 2024 · In November 1992, voters passed an Martin Luther King Civil Rights Day holiday. Arizona was the last state in the union to formally install an MLK holiday. (New Hampshire has a Civil Rights Day.) But Arizona was the only state to approve the MLK holiday by popular affirmation. Source: Alozie, Nicholas O. "Political tolerance hypotheses and ...

Jan 15, 2018 · On Martin Luther King Jr. Day in 1988, an estimated 15,000 people gathered in downtown Phoenix for a march to the Arizona State Capitol protesting the state's refusal to recognize the holiday....

Attending the AZMLK yearly event offers a profound opportunity to engage with the vibrant legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Held annually from January 17 to 25, this celebration in Arizona not only commemorates Dr. King’s transformative leadership in the civil rights movement but also serves as a rallying point for community unity and ...

Oct 8, 2024 · Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday in Arizona. Despite the federal establishment of Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, which was passed by Congress and signed by President Ronald Reagan on Nov. 2, 1983, Arizona was the last state in the country to make Martin Luther King Jr Day a holiday in 1992.

Jan 16, 2023 · Today marks the 30th anniversary of Arizona’s first observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. President Ronald Reagan signed the federal holiday into law in 1983, but Arizona was the last state to recognize it. The controversial holdout cost the state its first Super Bowl.

May 30, 2024 · At 12:01 a.m., Monday, January 18, 1993, Arizona joined forty-eight other states in the nation in honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on the third Monday in January. VICTORY TOGETHER's prophecy had come to pass with the official paid state holiday labeled Martin Luther King, Jr./Civil Rights Day.