Born on January 15, 1929, Martin Luther King, Jr. was a key leader of the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s in the United States. President Lyndon B. Johnson issued this proclamation for a national day of mourning after King was assasinated on April 4, 1968. This year we celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr. with a Federal Holiday on January 16th.
A great document and one symbolic of how great our country can be.
Did you know NH was the last state to recognize MLK day? They made “civil rights day” in 1991, but it took until 1999 to officially change it to Martin Luther King Day. Yay us.
