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The Long Struggle to Establish Martin Luther King Jr. Day

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The Associated Press

15:48 JST, January 17, 2025

The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his iconic “I Have a Dream” speech in 1963 on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. He chose that location in part to honor President Abraham Lincoln as “a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today.” Now, millions of people honor King in the same way.

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