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

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

With the date of presidential inaugurations and Martin Luther King Jr. Day both set by law, the two have - and will - keep overlapping.

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.

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 ...

Texas officially recognized MLK Day in 1991. Today, it remains the only federal holiday designated as a national day of service.

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 ...

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 ...