On the third Monday of January — close to King's Jan. 15 birthday — federal, state and local governments, institutions and various industries recognize

Arizona was one of the last states to recognize Martin Luther King Jr. Day as a holiday and the only state that required a public vote to do so.

It took a long and contentious fight to make Martin Luther King Jr. Day a state holiday in Arizona. The big picture: The movement to carve out a day to honor King began shortly after his 1968 assassination.

MLK Day is a federal holiday honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., encouraging reflection on racism ... In 1987, Arizona Gov. Evan Mecham rescinded MLK Day as his first act in office. Many entertainers and organizations began to boycott the state.

The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his iconic "I Have a Dream ... Then in 1987, Gov. Evan Mecham rescinded his predecessor's executive order enacting a state holiday in Arizona.

After a two-year hiatus because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the parade, America's largest Martin Luther King Day celebration returned ... Then in 1987, Gov. Evan Mecham rescinded his ...

On the third Monday of the month — close to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Jan. 15 birthday ... Then in 1987, Gov. Evan Mecham rescinded his predecessor's executive order enacting a state ...

Community Action Partnership of Orange County’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service began more than 20 years ago, when Mark Lowry, director of the OC Food Bank, realized many young people were ...

Dozens of people from the greater Farmington area attended the Martin Luther King Jr. Day service. FARMINGTON — Bishop James Ruggieri, the 13th Bishop of the Diocese of Portland, guest speaker ...

After the COVID-19 pandemic and Maui wildfires upended a lot of people’s lives including his, Bryant Neal was ready to return to some kind of normalcy, and that normalcy turned out to be reviving the annual Martin Luther King Jr.

STATEN ISLAND SECTION Later that day, the National Council of Negro Women, Staten Island Section, organized a transformative Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service in collaboration with several ...

(This story was updated to accurately reflect the most current information.) Jacksonville's Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade, which was postponed Monday because of cold weather, has been ...