How Did Martin Luther King Jr Get a Holiday

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Viewers like you help make PBS Thank you Support your local PBS Member Station here a https 3A 2F 2Fto pbs org 2FDonateORIG a Subscribe to Origin of Everything a http 3A 2F 2Fbit ly 2Foriginsub a Did you know Martin Luther King Jr Day wasn t celebrated in all 50 states until 2000 And that in order to create the holiday honoring the civil rights leader we needed help from Stevie Wonder and the National Football League Why was this the case Well MLK Jr wasn t beloved by everyone during his life and winning the battle to create a holiday in his honor took a lot of work How did it all happen Watch the episode to find out Do you enjoy the show The check us out on Like our Facebook Page a https 3A 2F 2Fwww facebook com 2Fpbsoriginofe a Instagram pbsoriginofeverything Written and Hosted By Danielle Bainbridge Graphics By Noelle Smith Directed By Andrew Kornhaber Produced By Kornhaber Brown a www kornhaberbrown com 29 a Works Cited Citations Radical King Cornel West a http 3A 2F 2Fwww nytimes com 2F1964 2F06 2F16 2Fdr-king-receives-a-degree-at-yale html 3F r 3D0 a a https 3A 2F 2Fyaledailynews com 2Fblog 2F2016 2F01 2F29 2Fyale-in-1964-and-today 2F a Martin Luther King Jr Beyond Vietnam a https 3A 2F 2Fwww youtube com 2Fwatch 3Fv 3DHgwtd4X qFM a a http 3A 2F 2Fwww history com 2Fnews 2F10-things-you-may-not-know-about-martin-luther-king-jr a Origins of MLK Day a http 3A 2F 2Fwww thekingcenter org 2Fmaking-king-holiday a a http 3A 2F 2Fwww washingtonpost com 2Fwp-srv 2Fopinions 2Farticles 2Fhelms stalls kings day html a a https 3A 2F 2Fwww npr org 2F2011 2F01 2F17 2F132942445 2FHistorian-Assesses-Where-Does-MLKs-Dream-Stand-Today a a https 3A 2F 2Fwww usatoday com 2Fstory 2Fnews 2Fnation-now 2F2016 2F01 2F16 2Fmartin-luther-king-junior-holiday-federal-monday-january-stevie-wonder 2F78844042 2F a a https 3A 2F 2Fwww nytimes com 2F2014 2F11 2F16 2Fmagazine 2Fwhat-an-uncensored-letter-to-mlk-reveals html 3F r 3D0 a Costs of creating a federal holiday a https 3A 2F 2Fwww washingtonpost com 2Flifestyle 2Fstyle 2Fwhat-does-it-take-to-create-a-holiday-its-all-politics-but-stevie-wonder-can-help 2F2014 2F10 2F12 2F9bbb0cc2-508f-11e4-babe-e91da079cb8a story html 3Futm term 3D 8f4deab5a08e a a https 3A 2F 2Ffas org 2Fsgp 2Fcrs 2Fmisc 2FR41990 pdf a a https 3A 2F 2Fwww senate gov 2Freference 2Fresources 2Fpdf 2FFederal Holidays pdf a Stevie Wonder s Happy Birthday song a http 3A 2F 2Fwww slate com 2Farticles 2Farts 2Fwonder week 2F2016 2F12 2Fstevie wonder wrote the black happy birthday song html a a https 3A 2F 2Fwww usatoday com 2Fstory 2Fnews 2Fnation-now 2F2016 2F01 2F16 2Fmartin-luther-king-junior-holiday-federal-monday-january-stevie-wonder 2F78844042 2F a Robert E Lee and other adjacent Confederate holidays a https 3A 2F 2Fnews nationalgeographic com 2F2017 2F01 2Fmartin-luther-king-jr-day-robert-e-lee-birthday-holiday 2F a Labor Union Support for a federal holiday a https 3A 2F 2Fwww thenation com 2Farticle 2Fworking-class-hero 2F a Arizona Being the Last State to officially recognize the holiday NFL protests a http 3A 2F 2Fwww thekingcenter org 2Fmaking-king-holiday a a https 3A 2F 2Fwww washingtonpost com 2Fnews 2Fearly-lead 2Fwp 2F2014 2F02 2F26 2Fwhy-the-nfl-moved-the-super-bowl-from-arizona-in-1990 2F 3Futm term 3D 646a006ce168 a a https 3A 2F 2Fsports vice com 2Fen ca 2Farticle 2Fezed9e 2Fthrowback-thursday-the-nfl-takes-the-super-bowl-away-from-arizona a a https 3A 2F 2Fwww upi com 2FSome-states-boycotted-MLK-Day-at-first 2F57461358775502 2F a Mental health and black activism a https 3A 2F 2Fwww psychologytoday com 2Fblog 2Fside-effects 2F201005 2Fhow-schizophrenia-became-black-disease-interview-jonathan-metzl a a http 3A 2F 2Fwww slate com 2Fblogs 2Fthe slatest 2F2014 2F11 2F12 2Ffbi martin luther king jr letter suicide suggested over affairs html a On Santa's Reindeer a http 3A 2F 2Fwww history com 2Ftopics 2Fchristmas 2Fsanta-claus a a https 3A 2F 2Fwww npr org 2F2013 2F12 2F25 2F256579598 2Fwriting-rudolph-the-original-red-nosed-manuscript a a https 3A 2F 2Fwww poetryfoundation org 2Fpoems 2F43171 2Fa-visit-from-st-nicholas a a http 3A 2F 2Fwww syracuse com 2Fentertainment 2Findex ssf 2F2015 2F12 2Freindeer names origins html a a https 3A 2F 2Fwww smithsonianmag com 2Ftravel 2Fwhere-santa-claus-live-hometown-north-pole-180953723 2F a

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