Today is a federal holiday, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, that commemorates the Civil Rights Leader’s birthday, which was January 15.
The U.S. Postal Service has issued several stamps, including the 2013 release that marked the March on Washington's 50 anniversary (pictured above).
King (1929-1968) was a Baptist preacher who became a leader in the American Civil Rights Movement. He helped organize the 1963 March on Washington, where he delivered his famous “I Have a Dream” speech, and also helped pave the way for enactment of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. King received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964, four years before his assassination.
The U.S. Postal Service has issued several stamps, including the 2013 release that marked the March on Washington's 50 anniversary (pictured above).
King (1929-1968) was a Baptist preacher who became a leader in the American Civil Rights Movement. He helped organize the 1963 March on Washington, where he delivered his famous “I Have a Dream” speech, and also helped pave the way for enactment of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. King received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964, four years before his assassination.
King was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Congressional Gold Medal. Martin Luther King Jr. Day was established as a holiday in numerous cities and states beginning in 1971; the holiday was enacted at the federal level by legislation signed by President Ronald Reagan in 1986. Hundreds of streets in the U.S. have been renamed in his honor, and a county in Washington State was also rededicated for him. The Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., was dedicated in 2011.
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