NOW Celebrates Martin Luther King Jr. Day
January 21, 2025
January 21, 2025
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 -- The National Organization for Women issued the following news release:
The idea to establish the third Monday of January as a national holiday recognizing the legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was an early response to his horrific murder on April 4, 1968, outside a motel in Memphis, but it took years of campaigning and grassroots activism to overcome opposition and make it a truly national day of remembrance.
Rep. John Conyers (D-MI), who, . . .
The idea to establish the third Monday of January as a national holiday recognizing the legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was an early response to his horrific murder on April 4, 1968, outside a motel in Memphis, but it took years of campaigning and grassroots activism to overcome opposition and make it a truly national day of remembrance.
Rep. John Conyers (D-MI), who, . . .