Detroiters like Stevie Wonder and John Conyers were instrumental in making Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday a federal ...

On the third Monday of January — close to King's Jan. 15 birthday — federal, state and local governments, institutions and various industries recognize ...

Arizona didn't celebrate Martin Luther King Day until 1993, a decade after it became a federal holiday. Here's how the Super Bowl played a role.

Next Monday marks Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the federal holiday that honors the life and legacy of the American civil ...

In the nearly 40 years that the United States has celebrated Martin Luther ... King’s assassination in 1968, a campaign for a holiday in his honor began. U.S. Representative John Conyers Jr ...

Monday, January 20, commemorates the birthday of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. This year, the holiday coincides with ... Just four days after King’s assassination in 1968, US Rep. John Conyers of ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is just as much a Detroit holiday ... Four days after his assassination, U.S. Rep. John Conyers, D-Detroit, introduced a bill in the Congress to recognize King’s ...

January 20 marks Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the federal holiday that honors ... Former U.S. Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., introduced legislation to create a federal holiday honoring King on April ...