| Martin Luther King Jr. Day | |
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King in 1964
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| Official name | Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| Also called | MLK Day, King Day, Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day |
| Observed by | United States |
| Type | National |
| Date | Third Monday in January |
| 2019 date | January 21 |
| 2020 date | January 20 |
| 2021 date | January 18 |
| 2022 date | January 17 |
| Frequency | Annual |
Martin Luther King Jr. Day (officially Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr.,[1] and sometimes referred to as MLK Day) is an American federal holiday marking the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr. It is observed on the third Monday of January each year. King's birthday is January 15. The holiday is similar to holidays set under the Uniform Monday Holiday Act. The earliest Monday for this holiday is January 15 and the latest is January 21.
King was the chief spokesperson for nonviolent activism in the Civil Rights Movement, which successfully protested racial discrimination in federal and state law. The campaign for a federal holiday in King's honor began soon after his assassination in 1968. President Ronald Reagan signed the holiday into law in 1983, and it was first observed three years later. At first, some states resisted observing the holiday as such, giving it alternative names or combining it with other holidays. It was officially observed in all 50 states for the first time in 2000.
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