America refused to honor MLK with a holiday because Congress thought it'd be 'expensive' - The inside story - Face2Face Africa

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America refused to honor MLK with a holiday because Congress thought it'd be 'expensive' - The inside story - Face2Face Africa

Martin Luther King Jr. Day has fallen on the third Monday of every January since 1986. As fate would have it, the opinions of Republican President Ronald Reagan evolved on the issue of MLK being honored with a holiday and that paved the way for just a few more Republicans to support it. Republicans and...

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