The annual federal holiday was signed into law
by then-POTUS Ronald Reagan in Nov. 1983 --
it passed by a vote of 338 - 90 in the House of
Representatives and by a vote of 78 - 22 in the
U.S. Senate. It was observed nationally in Jan.
1986. The pioneer civil rights advocate / activist /
Baptist preacher / Theologian / social ethicist
was born Jan. 15, 1929 --
the Centennial of his birth will
be in four years: 2029.
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