Martin Luther King Jr. Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ====Martin Luther King Jr. Day==== {{Main|Martin Luther King Jr. Day}} Beginning in 1971, cities and states established annual holidays to honor King.<ref name="stlouis">{{Cite web|date=January 21, 2014|title=St. Louis Remains A Stronghold For Dr. King's Dream|url=https://news.stlpublicradio.org/government-politics-issues/2014-01-20/st-louis-remains-a-stronghold-for-dr-kings-dream|access-date=March 18, 2022|website=STLPR|language=en|archive-date=April 11, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220411091048/https://news.stlpublicradio.org/government-politics-issues/2014-01-20/st-louis-remains-a-stronghold-for-dr-kings-dream|url-status=live}}</ref> On November 2, 1983, President [[Ronald Reagan]] signed a bill creating a federal holiday to honor King. Observed for the first time on January 20, 1986, it is called [[Martin Luther King Jr. Day]]. Following President [[George H. W. Bush]]'s 1992 proclamation, the holiday is observed on the third Monday of January each year, near the time of King's birthday.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=47329|title=Proclamation 6401 β Martin Luther King Jr. Federal Holiday|year=1992|publisher=The American Presidency Project|access-date=September 8, 2008|archive-date=October 5, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081005092831/http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=47329|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Martin Luther King Day|publisher=U.S. Department of State| url= http://exchanges.state.gov/education/engteaching/mlkbday.htm|access-date=June 15, 2008 |archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20080328081425/http://exchanges.state.gov/education/engteaching/mlkbday.htm |archive-date=March 28, 2008}}</ref> On January 17, 2000, for the first time, Martin Luther King Jr. Day was officially observed in all fifty U.S. states.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/05/26/us/contrarian-new-hampshire-to-honor-dr-king-at-last.html|title=Contrarian New Hampshire To Honor Dr. King, at Last|work=The New York Times|last=Goldberg|first=Carey|date=May 26, 1999|access-date=June 15, 2008|archive-date=July 29, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090729104406/http://www.nytimes.com/1999/05/26/us/contrarian-new-hampshire-to-honor-dr-king-at-last.html|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Arizona]] (1992), [[New Hampshire]] (1999) and [[Utah]] (2000) were the last states to recognize the holiday. Utah previously celebrated the holiday under the name Human Rights Day.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.infoplease.com/spot/mlkhistory1.html| title=The History of Martin Luther King Day| publisher=Infoplease| year=2007| access-date=July 4, 2011| archive-date=July 4, 2011| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110704203142/http://www.infoplease.com/spot/mlkhistory1.html| url-status=live}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page