Little Known Black History Fact: MLK’s National Day of Service
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Monday, January 21, 2013 is the day that we observe the work of civil rights visionary, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The legislation making Dr. King’s birthday a federal holiday was signed in 1983 under the Reagan administration, but it would take an additional 17 years for the entire U.S. to embrace the MLK holiday.
Little Known Black History Fact: MLK’s National Day of Service was originally published on blackamericaweb.com
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