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October 19, 1983

On October 19, 1983, the US Senate approved a bill establishing a national holiday in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. President Ronald Reagan at first threatened to veto the bill, because he said the public opinion about Martin Luther King, Jr., was ‘based upon an image and not reality’ and that MLK was a … Continue reading

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