Look back at photos of Arizonans pushing for MLK Day holiday
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 years of acrimonious fights to create an MLK holiday in Arizona
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 Jr. Day: What to know about the holiday honoring civil rights leader
On the third Monday of January — close to King's Jan. 15 birthday — federal, state and local governments, institutions and various industries recognize
'Where God wanted me to be': Retiring pastor recalls heated Arizona MLK Jr. Day effort
I'd never had a white person talk to me like that,' Warren Stewart Sr. says, recalling the late Gov. Evan Mecham and the Arizona battle over MLK Day.
Arizona’s convoluted history with MLK Day
Martin Luther King Jr. Day is recognized across the nation, both as a state and national holiday, on the civil rights activist’s birthday, Jan. 20. The day serves as an
Arizona was among last states to recognize MLK Day. Here's why and how Super Bowl played role
Arizona didn't celebrate Martin Luther King Day until 1993, a decade after it became a federal holiday. Here's how the Super Bowl played a role.
MLK Day: The long struggle to establish the federal holiday
For some, the holiday is just that — time off from work or school. But, King’s family and others carrying on his legacy of equality, justice and non-violent protest want Americans to remember that thi
A look at the long struggle to establish Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Family and others carrying on Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy of equality, justice and nonviolent protest want Americans to ...
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The long struggle to establish Martin Luther King Jr. Day
On the third Monday of the month, federal, state and local governments, institutions and various industries recognize Martin Luther King Jr. Day The ... Then in 1987, Gov. Evan Mecham ...