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When is MLK Day 2025? How Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday became a federal holiday
What role did music play in getting Martin Luther King Jr. Day to become a holiday? According to the National Constitution Center, in 1981, Stevie Wonder released "Happy Birthday to You," making a ...
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How many times has Inauguration Day fallen on Martin Luther King Jr. Day? Let's take a look
Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day! Or should we say happy Inauguration Day? In 2025, it's both. The third Monday of January is the MLK Day federal holiday. President Donald Trump's Inauguration Day ...
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Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a U.S. holiday and national day of service. It took a long time for the country to get there
“Happy Birthday,” to rally support. 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 ...
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When is Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2025? Everything to know about the federal holiday
Martin Luther King ... of recognizing King's legacy in his 1980 song "Happy Birthday." "I just never understood / How a man who died for good / Could not have a day that would / Be set aside ...
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Dear Annie: Thoughts for Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Inauguration Day
Dear Readers: Wishing you all a very happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Inauguration Day! I thought it would be a good time to find some impactful quotes from presidential inaugural speeches and ...
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The long struggle to establish Martin Luther King Jr. Day
On the third Monday of January — close to King's Jan. 15 birthday — federal, state and local governments, institutions and various industries recognize Martin Luther King Jr. Day. For some ...