January 20, 2016 The First MLK Day
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January 20, 2016 The First MLK Day

2016-01-20

On this day in Labor History the year was 1986.  That was the first time Dr. Martin Luther King Day was observed as a national holiday.  A powerful voice for Civil Rights, Dr. King was assassinated in 1968 in Memphis, Tennessee while standing on the second floor of the Lorraine Motel.  

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