That happened in 1986, when President Ronald Reagan signed a bill making Martin Luther King Jr. Day a federal holiday—largely due to Coretta’s persistence, a fact his daughter Bernice doesn ...

It was signed into law by President Ronald Reagan. This upbeat song features lyrics written as a tribute to Dr. King. Our Friend, Martin is “an adventure inspired by Martin Luther King ...

In 1983, about 20 years after King's ''I Have a Dream'' speech, legislation for a Martin Luther King Jr. Day on the third Monday of January cleared Congress and President Ronald Reagan signed it ...

I believe the symbolism of that day is important enough that I will sign that legislation when it reaches my desk," Reagan said at the time, per the NMAAHC. The first Martin Luther King Jr. Day ...

The annual parade honors the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The civil rights icon was assassinated on April 4, 1968. On Nov. 2, 1983, President Ronald Reagan signed the bill declaring ...

On the one hand, it's the federal holiday to celebrate the life of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King ... establishing the King holiday was signed into law by President Ronald Reagan, and the first ...

Mississippi did the same in 1910. President Ronald Reagan in 1983 signed legislation naming the third Monday of January as Martin Luther King Jr. Day to honor the slain civil rights leader.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day became a federal holiday in 1983, when it was signed into law by then President Ronald Reagan, and was officially observed three years later. It wasn't until 2000 that ...

A third replied with another famous King Jr. quote ... The first official Martin Luther King Day took place in 1986, three years after President Ronald Reagan signed a bill into law that ...