Then in 1987, Gov. Evan Mecham rescinded his predecessor's executive order enacting a state holiday in Arizona. ... Martin Luther King Jr. Day's reach has only grown in its 42 years.

Instead, Mecham replaced the traditional Monday holiday with an unpaid "Martin Luther King Jr./Civil Rights Day" in the state on the third Sunday of January. In 1990, Arizona voters were given two ...

King was born on Jan. 15, 1929. MLK Day 2025: Where to celebrate Dr. King's legacy in metro Phoenix When did Martin Luther King Jr. die? King was assassinated on April 4, 1968, at the Lorraine ...

But in the complicated history of Martin Luther King, Jr Day, it has only ... not only rejecting pleas from Reagan and then Arizona governor Evan Mecham but also losing the NFL’s ...

The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. waved to supporters during the March on Washington on Aug. 28, 1963. The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his iconic “I Have a Dream” speech in 1963 on the ...

Nowadays, many Arizonans get Martin Luther King Jr. Day off towards the end of January, but Arizona was the last state in the country to make MLK Day a state holiday, which caused some controversy ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day as we know it today was first marked in Arizona in 1993. The NFL said it would return with a Super Bowl after voters passed the law. True to its word, the league brought ...

Then in 1987, Gov. Evan Mecham rescinded his predecessor’s executive order enacting a state holiday in Arizona. ... Martin Luther King Jr. Day’s reach has only grown in its 42 years.