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v. t. e. Martin Luther King Jr. Day (officially Birthday of Martin Luther King Jr., [1] and often referred to shorthand as MLK Day) is a federal holiday in the United States observed on the third Monday of January each year. King was chief spokesperson for nonviolent activism in the Civil Rights Movement, which protested racial discrimination ...
Martin Luther King Jr Quotes. “Out of the mountain of despair, a stone of hope.”. — Martin Luther King Jr., “I Have A Dream”. "No one really knows why they are alive until they know what ...
President Joe Biden honored Martin Luther King Jr. Day at the civil rights leader’s historic Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, The post Biden marks MLK Day at King’s Ebenezer Baptist Church ...
Passage of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to make the birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr., a legal public holiday. A United States federal statute honoring the Birthday of Martin Luther King Jr. and his work in the civil rights movement with a federal holiday was enacted by the 98th United States ...
e. Martin Luther King Jr. (born Michael King Jr.; January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American Baptist minister, activist, and political philosopher who was one of the most prominent leaders in the civil rights movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968. A black church leader and a son of early civil rights activist and minister ...
Here is a closer look at what to know about Martin Luther King Jr. and the day in El Paso. Martin Luther King Jr. is shown in Washington on Aug. 28, 1963. Is Martin Luther King a federal holiday?
Harvesters MLK Day of Service. When: 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Monday. Harvesters’ facility at 3801 Topping Ave. is hosting a special event to teach kids and adults about King and the value of ...
External audio. I Have a Dream, August 28, 1963, Educational Radio Network [1] " I Have a Dream " is a public speech that was delivered by American civil rights activist and Baptist minister [2] Martin Luther King Jr. during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on August 28, 1963. In the speech, King called for civil and economic rights ...