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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. National Holiday Law: 35th Anniversary Observance


PICTURED AT THE signing of H.R. 3706, commonly known as the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. National Holiday Law, which was authored and sponsored by former U.S. Representative Katie Hall (D-IN)(second from left). The King Bill was signed by Ronald Reagan, 40th President of the United States of America on November 2, 1983, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, D.C. (Photos provided by Katie Hall Educational Foundation, Inc.) 
By Junifer Hall, JD, MPA, 
MBA
On a chilly third Monday evening in January 1986, some of the biggest stars in Hollywood and the entertainment industry performed on stage at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. Among the performers celebrating the United States of America’s first official national holiday observance in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. were Academy Award winner Dame Elizabeth Taylor, Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award winner Diana Ross, Tony Award winner Debbie Allen, and legendary ....

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