Martin Luther King Day

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Martin Luther King Day
Third Monday of January
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Picture from http//www.thekingcenter.com/rca.html

This holiday is celebrated on the third Monday of
January. It became a holiday on January 20 1986.
Ronald Reagan declared Martin Luther King Day on
Dr.Martin Luther King Jr.s birthday.
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Television channels broadcast special programs
with filmed highlights of Martins life and
times.
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This holiday is celebrated by the closing of all
schools, offices, and federal agencies. People
from all religions have sermons reminding people
about what Martin Luther King Jr. did and what he
had to go through. Did you know that Dr.King went
to jail 29 times? Well he did!!! All weekend
popular radio stations play songs and speeches
that describe what he had done.
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Works Cited
Celebrate Dr.Martin Luther King Day.Online
Available at http//www.usis.usemb.se/Holiday/cele
brate/mlk.html. December 2002.