Martin Luther King Jr. Day ... Representative John Conyers, a Michigan Democrat, introduced legislation for a federal holiday shortly after King Jr.'s death. The bill did not gain immediate ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is an annual federal holiday to ... Only a few days after his death, Congressman John Conyers proposed legislation to create a national holiday in honour of King.

The Rev. Martin Luther King ... MLK day began The idea to establish a national holiday for the civil rights icon arose as the nation was plunged into grief. U.S. Democratic Rep. John Conyers ...

NEW YORK — Monday, Jan. 20, commemorates the birthday of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. This year ... King’s assassination in 1968, US Rep. John Conyers of Michigan introduced legislation ...

The family of Martin Luther King Jr. protested President ... the declassification of records related to John F. Kennedy, RFK, and MLK Jr. The King material could prove embarrassing for the civil ...

(WFLA) — Martin Luther King Jr. Day is set for the third Monday in January ... will begin at 10: 30 a.m. and go on until noon at the John R. Lawrence Pioneer Park. For more information visit ...

MLK's 'I Have a Dream' speech reflects the importance of a Black community coming together around an agenda uniting civil ...

Recently, we honored Dr. Martin Luther King who made the ultimate sacrifice ... The second Black congressman, U.S. Rep. John Conyers, was the son of a UAW staff member. The first Black mayor ...

Lawrence Phillips, founder and CEO of Green Book Global Walk in the footsteps of one of history's most important figures with a visit to the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park.