Detroiters like Stevie Wonder and John Conyers were instrumental in making Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday a federal ...
Martin Luther King Jr. Day is just as much a Detroit holiday as it is a federal one. Created after overwhelming approval in Congress and being signed into a law by President Ronald Reagan in ...
The United States is paying tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's legacy the same day a new president was inaugurated.
It was first proposed four days after King's 1968 assassination outside a Memphis motel. It took 15 years until it became a ...
John Conyers of Michigan ... Day with a packed arena concert attended by Wonder and other artists. Even Rosa Parks was there. Stewart remembers speaking to the crowd. “What I said there ...