Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is observed yearly on the third Monday in January, ... In 1979, President Jimmy Carter called on Congress to vote on the King Holiday Bill.

President Jimmy Carter presents the Medal of Freedom here to Coretta Scott King, accepting posthumously for her slain husband, Martin Luther King Jr, for his civil rights work.

President Jimmy Carter played a pivotal role in preserving Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birth home and neighborhood by designating it as a national historic site, now a national park.

But in the complicated history of Martin Luther King, Jr Day, it has only recently been a holiday for all the people, ... unable to gain enough support until President Jimmy Carter, ...

King, 61, tells PEOPLE that her father, Martin Luther King Jr., would be "disappointed" with today's political climate Dr. Bernice King, the daughter of Martin Luther King Jr., says Jimmy Carter ...

Bernice King, the daughter of Martin Luther King Jr., tells PEOPLE that Jimmy Carter would have a hard time getting elected president in today's modern political system Skip to content PEOPLE ...

B orn less than five years apart in Georgia, the late President Jimmy Carter and Martin Luther King Jr. both came up during the civil rights movement, rising to the top of American politics to be ...

How did Martin Luther King Jr. Day become a federal holiday? The campaign for a federal holiday in King's honor began four days after he was assassinated on April 4, 1968.