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\"MLK\"<\/a>Celebrating Martin Luther King Jr.<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Martin Luther King Jr. was the most important voice of the American civil rights movement, which worked for equal rights for all. He was famous for using nonviolent resistance to overcome injustice.\u00a0 He also did all he could to make people realize that “all men are created equal.” <\/span><\/p>\n

B<\/span>ecause of his great work, in 1964 King received the Nobel Peace Prize — the youngest person ever to receive this high honor. King was also a Baptist minister. He was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee, when he was just 39 years old. His birthday is now observed as a national holiday on the third Monday in January.<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

Congressman John Conyers<\/a> first introduced legislation for a commemorative holiday four days after King was assassinated<\/a> in 1968. Petitions endorsing the holiday containing six million names were submitted to Congress.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

Public pressure for the holiday mounted during the 1982 and 1983 civil rights marches in Washington.\u00a0 Congress passed the holiday legislation in 1983, which was then signed into law by President Ronald Reagan<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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