MLK Day

MLK day is a relatively new national holiday. It was created in 1983, when President Reagan signed a bill creating it. It was first celebrated in 1986, and was celebrated in all 50 states in 1999.

The purpose of the day is to celebrate what Martin Luther King accomplished, and remember what his efforts helped change.

From his part in the Montgomery Bus Boycott, to the Selma to Montgomery March, to the March on Washington D.C., where he gave the "I have a dream" speech at the Lincoln Memorial...agree, or disagree with the man, you have to respect that he risked all for what he beleived in.



Truly he deserved the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964.