Martin Luther King Day is the celebration of the civil rights activist's birthday that falls in January. However, the federal holiday is not celebrated on Martin Luther King Jr.'s actual birthday ...

What role did music play in getting Martin Luther King Jr. Day to become a holiday? According to the National Constitution Center, in 1981, Stevie Wonder released "Happy Birthday to You," making a ...

What role did music play in getting Martin Luther King Jr. Day to become a holiday? According to the National Constitution Center, in 1981, Stevie Wonder released "Happy Birthday to You," making a ...

DAYTONA BEACH — Nearly 100 years after Martin Luther King ... Although King was born on Jan. 15, the federal holiday marking what would have been King's 96th birthday will be celebrated Monday.

Sunday marks the 94th birthday of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Monday is the federal holiday honoring him. Since the 1990s, Martin Luther King Jr. Day has been a day of civic ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the federal holiday honoring ... writing about the importance of recognizing King's legacy in his 1980 song "Happy Birthday." "I just never understood / How a man ...

To close out the ceremony, attendees sang happy birthday to Dr. King, remembering the life and the legacy he left behind. Martin Luther King Jr. day became a nationally observed holiday on Jan. 20 ...

The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his iconic “I Have a ... Musician Stevie Wonder even released a song, “Happy Birthday,” to rally support. So, what changed? By the 1980s, the social ...