The Evolving Celebration of Martin Luther King Day as a Federal Holiday
<p>The first bill proposing MLK’s birthday as a federal holiday was brought to the House of Representatives by John Conyers of Michigan on April 8, 1968, four days after <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Martin_Luther_King_Jr" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">King’s assassination</a>. It wasn’t even given a floor vote. <a href="https://www.ajc.com/news/state--regional-govt--politics/john-conyers-and-the-uphill-battle-honor-mlk-birthday/Dx8jhl0KJANrvMAZ9ApUCO/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Conyers reintroduced a bill every year</a>, finally getting a vote in 1979. The measure fell five votes short of passage.</p>
<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Edgar_Hoover" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">J. Edgar Hoover</a>, the director of the FBI, was out to destroy MLK. He was worried King…</p>
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