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- "January 15th Must be a National Holiday" Button, circa 1980 - Efforts to establish Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday as a national holiday met with initial pushback about cost concerns and the dearth of holidays that honor private citizens. But, with advocacy from the Martin Luther King Center for Social Change (the creators of this button), President Reagan finally signed a bill into law in 1983, creating a federal holiday honoring King.
- circa 1980
- Collections - Artifact
"January 15th Must be a National Holiday" Button, circa 1980
Efforts to establish Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday as a national holiday met with initial pushback about cost concerns and the dearth of holidays that honor private citizens. But, with advocacy from the Martin Luther King Center for Social Change (the creators of this button), President Reagan finally signed a bill into law in 1983, creating a federal holiday honoring King.