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День Мартина Лютера Кинга

День Мартина Лютера Кинга (English. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day) - American national holiday, state day off, dedicated to African American rights activist, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Martin Luther King. The holiday is celebrated annually on the third Monday of January and is timed to coincide with King's birthday 15 January. For a long time, some states did not recognize Martin Luther King Day as a national holiday and an additional paid day off, or combined it with other holidays., so King's name was not in the name of the holiday. The holiday was finally established throughout the United States only in 2000 year.

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is a United States federal holiday marking the birthday of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. It is observed on the third Monday of January each year, which is around the time of King’s birthday, January 15. The floating holiday is similar to holidays set under the Uniform Monday Holiday Act, though the act predated the establishment of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day by fifteen years. King was the chief spokesman for nonviolent activism in the civil rights movement, which successfully protested racial discrimination in federal and state law. The campaign for a federal holiday in King’s honor began soon after his assassination in 1968. Ronald Reagan signed the holiday into law in 1983, and it was first observed on January 20, 1986. At first, some states resisted observing the holiday as such, giving it alternative names or combining it with other holidays. It was officially observed in all 50 states for the first time in 2000.

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