Martin Luther King, Jr Day aka MLK Day

Some Martin Luther King, Jr’s Quotes

• A world where everyone“will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.”
• “Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.”
• “Darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that.”
• “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”

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Martin Luther King Jr. Day is observed on the third Monday of January each year.

Born in 1929, Martin Luther King Jr.‘s actual birthday is January 15 (which in 1929 fell on a Tuesday). The earliest Monday for this holiday is January 15 and the latest is January 21. The Monday observance is similar for those federal holidays which fall under the Uniform Monday Holiday Act.

After King’s assassination in April 1968, the campaign for a Federal holiday began.

In 1983, President Ronald Reagan signed the holiday into law.

It was first observed three years later on January 20, 1986.

Official observance in each state’s law as well as federal law occurred in 2000.