The fight to make Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday a holiday took 32 years, a lot of campaigning, and guest appearances including Stevie Wonder, Ted Kennedy, and the National Football League.
King’s birthday was finally approved as a federal holiday in 1983, and all 50 states made it a state government holiday by 2000.
Today, the King holiday
serves multiple purposes: It honors the total legacy of King; focuses on the
issue of civil rights; highlights the use of nonviolence to promote change; and
calls people into public service.
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