Passage of Martin Luther King Jr. Day
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Passage of Martin Luther King Jr. Day
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A United States federal statute honoring the Birthday of Martin Luther King Jr. and his work in the civil rights movement with a federal holiday was enacted by the 98th United States Congress and signed into law by President Ronald Reagan on November 2, 1983, creating Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The final vote in the House of Representatives on August 2, 1983, was 338–90 with 5 members voting present or abstaining, while the final vote in the Senate on October 19, 1983, was 78–22, both veto-proo
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Political process behind the American holiday
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passage_of_Martin_Luther_King_Jr._Day
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2020-01-21T07:05:25Z
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2024-09-08T20:42:28Z
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