January 16~ Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Martin Luther King Jr. was an important leader of the civil rights movement here in America during the 1950s and 60s. The holiday was created as a day to remember his fight for the freedom, equality, and dignity of all races and peoples and as a time to remember the message of change through nonviolence.
To read the full “I Have a dream Speech” go to:http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mlkihaveadream.htm
Martin Luther King Jr. was born on January 15 but he is honored on the third Monday of the month with a federal holiday. Martin Luther King Jr. was an important leader of the civil rights movement here in America during the 1950s and 60s. The holiday was created as a day to remember his fight for the freedom, equality, and dignity of all races and peoples and as a time to remember the message of change through nonviolence.
In 1994, Congress designated the Martin Luther King Jr. Federal Holiday as a national day of service. If you would like to volunteer, please go to http://www.mlkday.gov/ and look up volunteer opportunities in the community.
