The long struggle to establish Martin Luther King Jr. Day
On the third Monday of January — close to King’s Jan. 15 birthday — federal, state and local governments, institutions and various industries recognize Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
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Dr. Martin Luther King receives a donation from Local 522 in 1968 
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. speaks at Canaan Baptist Church in Harlem in 1968. 
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with President John F. Kennedy at a conference with Black leaders in 1962. 
Front page of the Amsterdam News on April 13, 1968 covering the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. 
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Lena Horne and Gloria Richardson in 1963 
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at the Garden City Hotel at an NAACP dinner in 1963 
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. smiles while accepting a pen from President Lyndon B. Johnson after the signing of the Civil Rights Bill in July 1964. 
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., waving on the steps of Harlem Hospital in 1957 following his release. He was hospitalized when a woman stabbed him while he was autographing copies of his book, “Stride Toward Freedom,” in a Harlem department store. 
The officers of the Sunday School and Baptist Training Union Congress of the National Baptist Convention, which included Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., held an executive meeting at Mt. Olivet Baptist Church.