Martin Luther King Jr. Day is just as much a Detroit holiday as it is a federal ... Four days after his assassination, U.S. Rep. John Conyers, D-Detroit, introduced a bill in the Congress to recognize ...
On the third Monday of January — close to King's Jan. 15 birthday — federal, state and local governments, institutions and various industries recognize ...
With the date of presidential inaugurations and Martin Luther King Jr. Day both set by law, the two have - and will - keep overlapping.
In the nearly 40 years that the United States has celebrated Martin ... King’s assassination in 1968, a campaign for a holiday in his honor began. U.S. Representative John Conyers Jr. of ...
Monday marks Martin Luther King Jr. Day ... Former U.S. Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., introduced legislation to create a federal holiday honoring King on April 8, 1968, just four days after the civil ...
Monday, January 20, commemorates the birthday of the Rev. Martin Luther ... King’s actual birthday is on January 15, but the federal holiday always falls on the third Monday of January. Just four days ...