Recognizing Change: Arizona’s convoluted history with MLK Day
4 days ago · The holiday was finally inked into state law in November 1992. Voters passed a Martin Luther King Civil Rights Day holiday, making Arizona the last state to formally install an …
Arizona was among last states to recognize MLK Day. Here's why
Jan 15, 2025 · A few weeks later, on Monday, Jan. 18, 1993, Arizona celebrated its first official Martin Luther King Day holiday as a state. Thousands of people marched in Phoenix, and …
Getting an MLK holiday in Arizona wasn't easy - Axios
Jan 17, 2025 · It took a long and contentious fight to make Martin Luther King Jr. Day a state holiday in Arizona. The big picture: The movement to carve out a day to honor King began …
It took years of acrimonious fights to create an MLK holiday in Arizona
It took a long and contentious fight to make Martin Luther King Jr. Day a state holiday in Arizona. The big picture: The movement to carve out a day to honor King began shortly after his 1968 ...
Arizona was the last state to make Martin Luther King Jr. Day a …
Jan 15, 2024 · PHOENIX - Government offices in Arizona are closed on Jan. 15, 2024 as a result of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a holiday that was established to honor the late civil rights icon.
How Martin Luther King Jr. Day became a holiday - Arizona …
6 days ago · On the third Monday of the month — close to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Jan. 15 birthday — federal, state and local governments and various industries recognize Martin …
Martin Luther King Holiday in Arizona - Pima County Public Library
Dec 10, 2024 · In November 1992, voters passed an Martin Luther King Civil Rights Day holiday. Arizona was the last state in the union to formally install an MLK holiday. (New Hampshire has …
Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday - Minorities in Arizona: Historical ...
Oct 8, 2024 · Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday in Arizona. Despite the federal establishment of Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, which was passed by Congress and signed by President …
Martin Luther King Jr. Day: Look back on Arizona civil-rights …
Jan 15, 2018 · On Martin Luther King Jr. Day in 1988, an estimated 15,000 people gathered in downtown Phoenix for a march to the Arizona State Capitol protesting the state's refusal to …
The long road to recognition: Arizona's history with MLK Day and …
Feb 3, 2023 · With Black History Month here and the Super Bowl less than two weeks away, we take a look at the long road it took for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day in Arizona, a road that cost …