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Reagan had initially opposed making mlk a federal holiday because he argued that basically every marginalized group would want their own tribute and quote, we could have an awful lot of holidays if we start down that road. he finally signed the holiday into law on november 2nd 1983, but the day wasn't officially celebrated until 1986. still, there were plenty of holdouts with some of the strongest resistance coming from the state of arizona. things came to a head in march 1990 when the nfl gave arizona an ultimatum, they said recognize mlk day as a holiday or you lose the super bowl in 1993. a...
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