On Nov. 2, 1983, President Ronald Reagan signed the bill declaring Martin Luther King Jr. Day a federal holiday. A staunch supporter of making this happen was Grammy-winning singer Stevie Wonder. In ...

While President Donald Trump owns the saying these days, it originated with President Ronald Reagan in the 1980s ... the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.: Which America? "Dr. King talked about that.

Some said Reagan’s gentle humour took the sharp edges off his ideas. I disagree. His humour sharpened his ideas. Before he was president, at a Labour Day ... of Martin Luther King – that ...

Ten years later, in 1986, during Republican President Ronald Reagan’s second term, Congress passed laws recognizing Martin Luther King Jr. Day as a national holiday and designating February as ...

Commenting on the killing of Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968, Reagan described it as a “great ... reshaping the tax system in ways that linger to this day. These changes would help to propel ...

Photo by Anna Hoch-Kenney. A new green space began to take shape at Los Robles-Ronald McNair Academy in East Palo Alto on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Monday, Jan. 20. Over 170 volunteers gathered to ...

MLK Day falls on the third Monday of every January, and most banks observe the holiday. Here's what you can do if you have ...