Today this happened in the past
The Celebration of Marin Luther King is today January 16th for 2017.
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| Martin Luther King Jr. in 1964 |
On November 2, 1983, Ronald Reagan signed a bill creating a federal holiday honoring King. Its observance every year is on the third Monday of January, which is close King's birthday, January 15. The first date officially observed was January 20, 1986.
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| Ronald Reagon signed the holiday into law in 1983 |
The holiday was not an easy one to get every state to follow. Four states, New Hampshire, Utah, Arizona, and North Carolina did not immediately observe the new federal holiday. Additionally, a few southern states have combined Robert E. Lee with Martin L King day.
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| Segregation in the South before Civil Rights laws |
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| King telling his supporters not to use violence during his arrest |
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Martin Luther King, Jr. relaxes at home with his wife Coretta and first child Yolanda in Montgomery, Alabama, 1956.
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| With his children in a park he helped desegregate |
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Martin Luther King, Jr., pulls up cross that was burned on lawn of his home, as his son stands next to him, Atlanta, Georgia
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Video
MLK's last speech "If I had sneezed"
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