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How Stevie Wonder Helped Create Martin Luther King Day

• moonka 12y ago
  Very interesting read, I had no idea that he played such a role in establishing MLK day. Articles like these really hit home to me that the civil rights movement was NOT that long ago.
  • ScottBurson 12y ago
    It's not finished, either.
• rifung 12y ago
  "President Reagan opposed the holiday, citing the cost of another national day off and suggesting instead a scholarship program for young blacks." Well, this seems to not have ended up being a problem; everyone I know is still working sadly. (Sadly both because it's as though companies are ignoring the significance of the holiday and also because of their reluctance to let employees take take off)