It took a long and contentious fight to make Martin Luther King Jr. Day a state holiday ... executive branch employees a paid day off. When Gov. Evan Mecham took office in January 1987, one ...

The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his iconic “I Have a Dream ... Then in 1987, Gov. Evan Mecham rescinded his predecessor's executive order enacting a state holiday in Arizona.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a U.S. holiday and national day of service. It took a long time for the country to get there It was first proposed four days after King's 1968 assassination outside a ...

Monday, Jan. 20 is Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The federal holiday is set aside each year to recognize and honor civil rights ...

The answer is no, banks are not open on MLK Day, as the holiday is also known. Martin Luther King Jr. Day became a federal holiday in 1983, when it was signed into law by then President Ronald ...

Leah Weber on Monday had a short but touching tribute to her husband, Dexter Scott King, son of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.