The long struggle to establish Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Jan. 19, 2009: "𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵." - 𝕄𝕒𝕣𝕥𝕚𝕟 𝕃𝕦𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕂𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕁𝕣. | Kobe (30 years old, 13th season) and LeBron (24, 6th) guard each other and hit shots for the ages on Martin Luther King Day 2009 - 16 years ago. Kobe injured what was already a dislocated ring finger on his shooting hand while guarding LeBron with 10:30 left in the 1st quarter. The Lakers entered the game 31-8, the Cavs 31-7. LA entered this season on a m