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1983 - Martin Luther King's Birthday Becomes a Federal Holiday
Event Date:
1983
Event Type:
80s Charlotte 1980-1989
1983 - Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday becomes a federal holiday.
- To honor Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday, Congress makes the third Monday of each January a federal holiday.
- Photo shows Johnson C. Smith students going to the convocation commemorating Dr. King’s birthday on January 15, 1981.
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