The article outlines Arizona's contentious history with recognizing Martin Luther King Jr. Day as a state holiday and the eventual voter approval in 1992.

Arizona was one of the last states to recognize Martin Luther King Jr. Day as a holiday and the only state that required a public vote to do so.

Arizona didn't celebrate Martin Luther King Day until 1993, a decade after it became a federal holiday. Here's how the Super Bowl played a role.

It took a long and contentious fight to make Martin Luther King Jr. Day a state holiday in Arizona. The big picture: The movement to carve out a day to honor King began shortly after his 1968 assassination.

Arizona was one of the last states to recognize Martin Luther King Jr. Day as a holiday ... order from former Gov. Bruce Babbitt that would have made MLK Day an Arizona holiday.

I'd never had a white person talk to me like that,' Warren Stewart Sr. says, recalling the late Gov. Evan Mecham and the Arizona battle over MLK Day.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is recognized across the nation, both as a state and national holiday, on the civil rights activist’s birthday, Jan. 20. The day serves as an

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day is tomorrow, and Kansas City is hosting a plethora ... all ages, rain or shine Moved to Bruce R. Watkins Cultural Heritage Center, 3700 Blue Parkway, Kansas City, Mo. due to weather. Begins at 9 a.m. Readings, music, guest ...

The life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. will once again be celebrated and honored Monday in events around the nation.

Bronson is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc., which Dr. King belonged to as well. He says this serves as more motivation to do public service in the community. Bronson believes the organization of the march, from north, south, east and west Macon, down to City Hall, should serve as a model for those organizing to bring about change.

Former Sterling Elementary School Assistant Principal Darnell Wise Lightbourn, who lives in Ashburn, said she always attends Loudoun's Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day March Day March as a way

Thousands of people gathered in-person and online to experience the 2025 Martin Luther King Jr. Beloved Community Commemorative Service at the historic Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta.