The long struggle to establish Martin Luther King Jr. Day
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A look at the long struggle to establish Martin Luther King Jr. Day
legislation for a Martin Luther King Jr. Day on the third Monday of January cleared Congress and President Ronald Reagan signed it. But Reagan's signing did not lead other Republicans to follow.