Five Things You Need to Know Today
5 Things You Need To Know Today: Martin Luther King Day Edition
Five things you probably don't know about Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
Good morning, Melrose! Today, Monday, Jan. 21, is Martin Luther King Day. Here are five things you probably don't know about the nation's youngest holiday. 1. President Ronald Reagan signed the holiday into law in 1983, and it was first observed on Jan. 20, 1986. It was officially observed in all 50 states for the first time in 2000. 2. Not every state was anxious to acknowledge the Federal holiday. In 1991, the New Hampshire legislature created "Civil Rights Day." In 1999, "Civil Rights Day" was officially changed to "Martin Luther King Day." South Carolina was the last state to recognize the day as a paid holiday for all state employees, when Gov. Jim Hodges signed a bill to make Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday an official state …
cliff webb
10:27 am on Monday, January 21, 2013
They don't make men like him anymore. Here is something else few ever mention. Senators Robert Byrd, Albert Gore, Sr. and Sam Ervin fought the 1964 Civil Rights Act. These Democratic Senators were against the Reverend Kings movement. It says a lot about what reshaping history can accomplish when you influence the media and school systems. Senator Byrd, a former member of the Ku Klux Klan refered … more ›