King was born on Jan. 15, 1929. MLK Day 2025: Where to celebrate Dr. King's legacy in metro Phoenix When did Martin Luther King Jr. die? King was assassinated on April 4, 1968, at the Lorraine ...

Martin Luther King Jr. addresses crowds during the March On Washington at the Lincoln Memorial, Washington DC, where he gave his 'I Have A Dream' speech on August 28, 1963.

On Sept. 17, 1973, Illinois became the first state to make Martin Luther King Day a legal holiday. Gov. Dan Walker signed two bills into law that day. That’s not unusual. Multiple signings me… ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day as we know it today was first marked in Arizona in 1993. The NFL said it would return with a Super Bowl after voters passed the law. True to its word, the league brought ...

What happened in Arizona with regard to Martin Luther King Jr. Day? According to the Arizona State Library, Governor Bruce Babbitt declared Martin Luther King Jr. Day an Arizona holiday in March 1986.

Arizona was one of the last states to recognize Martin Luther King Jr. Day as a holiday and the only state that required a public vote to do so.. In 1987, Gov. Evan Mecham fulfilled a promise to ...

In 1991, Fast Day was abolished and replaced with Civil Rights Day, but it was not until 1999 that Civil Rights Day” became Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Still, the measure passed with a vote of ...

It took a long and contentious fight to make Martin Luther King Jr. Day a state holiday in Arizona. The big picture: The movement to carve out a day to honor King began shortly after his 1968 ...

On Martin Luther King Jr. Day in 1988, an estimated 15,000 people gathered in downtown Phoenix for a march to the Arizona State Capitol protesting the state's refusal to recognize the holiday.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day was marked today by the 38th Kingdom Day Parade in Leimert Park. Hundreds of people lined the parade route, with days of rain finally letting up and the skies clearing ...

It's Martin Luther King Jr. Day, and the legacy of the civil rights leader is being celebrated in Massachusetts. Here is a list of events honoring Dr. King in Boston.