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When is MLK Day 2025? How Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday became a federal holiday
January 20 marks Martin Luther ... years reintroducing the federal legislation, with support from lawmakers in the Congressional Black Caucus. And in 1979, on what would have been King’s 50th ...
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The history of Martin Luther King Jr. Day
The bill finally came to a vote in the House in 1979 on what would have been King's 50th birthday ... first Martin Luther King Jr. Day was celebrated on Jan. 20, 1986, but it took years for ...
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Why isn’t Martin Luther King Day celebrated on his Birthday on January 15? Date and celebration significance explored
Martin Luther King Day is the celebration of the civil rights activist's birthday that falls in January ... and it took 14 more years for all states to recognize it. In 2000, South Carolina ...