In 1983, President Ronald Reagan declared the third Monday of January each year Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, a federal ...

In 1983, President Ronald Reagan signed a law, designating the third Monday in January as a federal holiday in honor of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., encouraging Americans to ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the third Monday in January, became federally recognized in 1983 when President Ronald Reagan signed it into law.

It wasn't until nearly 20 years after his assassination that Martin Luther King Jr. Day became federally recognized in 1983, ...

The commemoration became a federal holiday in 1983 after Ronald Reagan signed the King ... overlapping with Martin Luther King Jr. Day and the inauguration.

On the one hand, it's the federal holiday to celebrate the life of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King ... establishing the King ...

On the one hand, it's the federal holiday to celebrate the life of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King ... establishing the King holiday was signed into law by President Ronald Reagan, and the first ...

Monday, Jan. 20 is Martin Luther King Jr. Day ... Museum of African American History and Culture. President Ronald Reagan ...

Jan. 20 will be a special day for many Americans. The inauguration of President Donald Trump will be taking place in Washington while the nation also celebrates Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

Martin Luther ... to honour King’s memory and impactful legacy on an annual basis came soon after his assassination in 1968, but it wasn’t until 1983 that then-president Ronald Reagan signed ...