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American and Ghanaian singer-songwriter, composer and record producer (born 1950)
Federal legislation establishing Martin Luther King Jr. Day was signed by President Ronald Reagan on November 2, 1983; the holiday was first observed nationwide on January 20, 1986 . Congress later de...
Michael Jackson’s 2009 memorial was a highly publicized, star-studded event with widespread global attention, while Charlie Kirk’s 2025 memorial drew —reports vary from “thousands” to “over 100,000.” ...
The Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) sustained a coordinated, multi-year strategy from 1968 to 1983 that combined repeated federal legislation, grassroots signature drives and public celebrity campaig...
John Conyers injected the MLK holiday idea into Congress within days of King’s assassination and kept it alive by reintroducing or sponsoring legislation in every session from 1968 through 1983, forci...