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When is MLK Day 2025? How Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday became a federal holiday
What role did music play in getting Martin Luther King Jr. Day to become a holiday? According to the National Constitution Center, in 1981, Stevie Wonder released "Happy Birthday to You," making a ...
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Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a U.S. holiday and national day of service. It took a long time for the country to get there
“Happy Birthday,” to rally support. 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 ...
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Happy Birthday To The Late, Great Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
And I’m happy tonight ... of Dr. King’s monumental contributions to American society, President Ronald Reagan signed a bill in 1983 establishing Martin Luther King Jr. Day as a federal ...
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The long struggle to establish Martin Luther King Jr. Day
On the third Monday of the month, federal, state and local governments, institutions and various industries recognize Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Dr. Martin Luther King ... Musician Stevie Wonder even ...
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Is the Stock Market Open on Martin Luther King Day?
The answer to this question is no. The stock market will be closed Monday, January 20, for MLK Day, as the holiday is also known. Martin Luther King Jr. Day ... voted in 2021 to make Juneteenth ...
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When is MLK Day 2025? How Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday became a federal holiday
Next Monday marks Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the federal holiday that honors the life and legacy of the American civil ...