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Ohio enacted its MLK Jr. Day holiday in 1975. The federal government didn't follow suit until 1983, and the last state came 25 years later.

By Jonah Raskin | Jack London’s ashes, which are buried under a rock on Sonoma Mountain in Northern California, must be calling wildly to the living. In a new movie just out, that’s titled Jack London’s Martin Eden, Russ Brissenden, one of the main characters, who also figures in the novel, Martin Eden, is an African-American. The film also features two women of color who are labor activists and socialists. In London’s 1908 book there are no Black characters or people of color. Briss...