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News and Views: Colleges and Universities That Don't Observe the Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday

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From: The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education
Date: 19980430
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News and Views: Colleges and Universities That Don't Observe the Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday

In 1983 Congress voted overwhelmingly to establish the third Monday in January as a national holiday to honor the birthday of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. Faced with a certain override of his veto, President Reagan reluctantly signed the bill into law. The first official national holiday to honor Reverend King was observed in 1986. At first, only the federal government, retail banking operations, and the post office took the holiday seriously. Very few major corporations gave their ...

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