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    Martin Luther King Day 2017 is celebrated on January 16th. It is a United States federal holiday that commemorates the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr., the American civil rights leader who advocated for nonviolent activism and protest against racial discrimination through the Civil Rights Movement. King was assassinated in 1968 and the holiday honoring him was established in 1983.

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    Martin Luther King Day 2017 is celebrated on January 16th. It is a United States federal holiday that commemorates the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr., the American civil rights leader who advocated for nonviolent activism and protest against racial discrimination through the Civil Rights Movement. King was assassinated in 1968 and the holiday honoring him was established in 1983.

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    Martin Luther King Day 2017 is celebrated on January 16th. It is a United States federal holiday that commemorates the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr., the American civil rights leader who advocated for nonviolent activism and protest against racial discrimination through the Civil Rights Movement. King was assassinated in 1968 and the holiday honoring him was established in 1983.

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    Martin Luther King Day 2017 is on Monday, January 16, 2017 - today!

    What is Martin Luther King Day?


    Martin Luther King

    Martin Luther King Day is a United States federal holiday. It is


    celebrated annually on the third Monday of January and is also
    known as King Day or MLK Day.

    Martin Luther King Day commemorates the birthday of American


    civil rights leader Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and
    celebrates his life, achievements and legacy.

    King was the chief spokesman for nonviolent activism in the Civil
    Rights Movement, which successfully protested racial
    discrimination in federal and state law. King was hugely
    influential in the American Civil Rights Movement (despite never holding public office)
    and was a major advocate of non-violent activism in the struggle for the end of
    racial discrimination under US law. He was assassinated in 1968.

    This federal holiday in Kings honour was created in 1983, during the presidency of
    Ronald Reagan, and first observed in January 1986.

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