Martin Luther King Jr. Day is approaching quickly – Monday, ... The timing is also in line with the Uniform Holiday Act of 1968, ... after Congress passed the King Holiday and Service Act.

Preaching a message of nonviolent resistance, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was the leading voice of the American civil rights movement. The protests he organized, the marches he led and the ...

Congress, for its part, ... Martin Luther King Jr. Day was met with strong resistance from some states; it wasn’t until 2000 that all 50 states recognized King’s birthday as a federal holiday.

As the nation celebrates Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday, it is also a time to remember the women who helped King propel the civil rights movement forward. "There would be no King ...

1973 – Illinois is the first state to adopt Martin Luther King Jr. Day as a state holiday. November 4, 1978 – The National Council of Churches urges Congress to enact the holiday.

It's been two weeks since the 118th Congress opened. On Monday, Jan. 16 we celebrate the life and legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. Here's what Congress could learn from him.

Martin Luther King Jr. would have turned 94 on Jan. 15 as Jacksonville and the nation honors the civil rights champion. So it seems like a good opportunity to remind those in Northeast Florida ...

Marvel at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial is ranked #15 out of 41 things to do in Washington, ... (a reference to the year the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was passed by Congress) ...

Rev. Martin Luther King Sr. was on a multinational trip in 1934 with the Baptist World Alliance when he had the idea, according to 1517. He had joined with the Fifth World Congress of Baptist ...

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 ...

1994 – Congress designates the holiday as a national day of service through the Martin Luther King Jr. Federal Holiday and Service Act. 1999 – New Hampshire becomes the last state to adopt a ...