{"id":1869,"date":"2011-01-15T09:06:41","date_gmt":"2011-01-15T14:06:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/boz\/2011\/01\/15\/martin-luther-king-jr-holiday\/"},"modified":"2011-01-15T09:06:41","modified_gmt":"2011-01-15T14:06:41","slug":"martin-luther-king-jr-holiday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/boz\/2011\/01\/15\/martin-luther-king-jr-holiday\/","title":{"rendered":"Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: 12pt\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: small\"><span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/64.4.56.167\/att\/GetInline.aspx?messageid=eff63955-2009-11e0-ad4b-00215ad71b16&amp;attindex=0&amp;cp=-1&amp;attdepth=0&amp;imgsrc=cid:image002.gif@01CBB3EC.CBFE1030&amp;hm__login=heike_kriszun&amp;hm__domain=hotmail.com&amp;ip=10.25.162.8&amp;d=d2846&amp;mf=0&amp;hm__ts=Sat, 15 Jan 2011 14:11:27 GMT&amp;st=heike_kriszun&amp;hm__ha=01_0ecf70e5bca00b4e9abb791eea70b87921dcc1c06fbc7baa6d77809c008e6bc9&amp;oneredir=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"116\" height=\"105\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial;color: black;font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;color: black;font-size: 12pt\">15 years after Dr. King&#8217;s death President Ronald Reagan signed a bill into law making the third Monday of January a national holiday celebrating the birth and life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial;color: black;font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;color: black;font-size: 12pt\">It took many years for Congress to decide to celebrate the holiday. In the years leading up to the official decree many African-Americans celebrated the birthday themselves with a few states declaring King&#8217;s birthday a state holiday. The bill was finally passed by both the House of Representatives and the Senate and was signed into law on November 2, 1983. \u00a0The first national celebration of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday took place January 20, 1986. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial;color: black;font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;color: black;font-size: 12pt\">Each year on the third Monday of January, schools, federal offices, post office and banks across America close as we celebrate <em><em><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\">the birth, the life<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/em> and <em><em><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\">the dream<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/em> of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.\u00a0 It is an occasion for joy and celebration for his life and his work toward nonviolent social change in America and the world.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 15 years after Dr. King&#8217;s death President Ronald Reagan signed a bill into law making the third Monday of January a national holiday celebrating the birth and life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. It took many years for Congress to decide to celebrate the holiday. 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