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Martin Luther Day15 January 2018

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 On MLK Day (15 January this year — his actual birthday),people of all ages and colours get together to do somethingto help their community. They paint schools and communitycentres, make meals for the elderly, clean up parks or makeaid packages for homeless people. 

Happy Birthday Martin Luther KingBirthday Wishes Have you ever listened carefully to the lyrics of StevieWonder’s song, “Happy Birthday to You”? He wrote it as partof the campaign to have MLK’s birthday, 15 January,honoured with a holiday. 

“I just never understood  How a man who died for good  Could not have a day that would  Be set aside for his recognition.”

Black activists, and King’s family, had lobbied for a holiday inhis name ever since his assassination. Wonder’s 1981 song,and a series of rallies and festivals he helped organise, gavethe campaign momentum. IN 1983, President Ronald Reagansigned the King Holiday bill, and it was �rst observed in1986.

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Here you can listen to his famous speechI have a dream

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What do people do ? Martin Luther King Day is a relatively new federal holidayand there are few long standing traditions. It is seen as a dayto promote equal rights for all Americans, regardless of theirbackground. Some educational establishments mark the dayby teaching their pupils or students about the work ofMartin Luther King and the struggle against racialsegregation and racism. In recent years, federal legislationhas encouraged Americans to give some of their time on thisday as volunteers in citizen action groups.Martin Luther King Day, also known as Martin Luther King’sbirthday and Martin Luther King Jr Day, is combined withother days in different states. For example, it is combinedwith Civil Rights Day in Arizona and New Hampshire, whileit is observed together with Human Rights Day in Idaho. It isalso a day that is combined with Robert E. Lee’s birthday insome states. The day is known as Wyoming Equality Day inthe state of Wyoming.

Where is Martin Luther Day celebrated?

Martin Luther King Jr.Day in the United StatesMartin Luther King Day is a federal holiday held on the thirdMonday of January. It celebrates the life and achievementsof Martin Luther King Jr., an in�uential American civil rightsleader. He is most well-known for his campaigns to endracial segregation on public transport and for racial equalityin the United States. 

Who was Martin Luther ?Martin Luther King Jr. Day (of�cially Birthday of Martin

Luther King, Jr.)[1] is an American federal holiday markingthe birthday of Martin Luther King Jr. It is observed on thethird Monday of January each year, which is around King's

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birthday, January 15. The holiday is similar to holidays setunder the Uniform Monday Holiday Act.King was the chief spokesperson for nonviolent activism inthe Civil Rights Movement, which successfully protestedracial discrimination in federal and state law. The campaignfor a federal holiday in King's honor began soon after hisassassination in 1968. President Ronald Reagan signed the

holiday into law in 1983, and it was �rst observed three yearslater. At �rst, some states resisted observing the holiday assuch, giving it alternative names or combining it with otherholidays. It was of�cially observed in all 50 states for the�rst time in 2000.