Recognizing Change: Arizona’s convoluted history with MLK Day
Jan 20, 2025 · 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 MLK holiday and the only state to approve it by popular vote, according to the Pima County Public Library. Martin Luther King Jr. Day is honored across Maricopa County ...
Arizona was among last states to recognize MLK Day. Here's why
Jan 15, 2025 · Arizona was not the last state to create an official, paid Martin Luther King holiday, but it was perhaps the most well-known of the holdouts because of the resistance of controversial former...
Arizona was the last state to make Martin Luther King Jr. Day a …
Jan 15, 2024 · According to the Arizona State Library, Governor Bruce Babbitt declared Martin Luther King Jr. Day an Arizona holiday in March 1986. This came after the State Legislature failed, by one vote, to...
Arizona’s convoluted history with MLK Day | News | peoriatimes.com
Jan 17, 2025 · Voters passed a Martin Luther King Civil Rights Day holiday, making Arizona the last state to formally install an MLK holiday and the only state to approve it by popular vote, according to the Pima County Public Library.
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 a Civil Rights Day.) But Arizona was the only state to approve the MLK holiday by popular affirmation. Source:
Arizona Horizon | Martin Luther King Jr. Day special - PBS
Jan 20, 2025 · Martin Luther King Jr. Day special Season 2025 Episode 11 | 26m 45s Video has Closed Captions | CC We'll speak with the ASU professor, Jeffery Wilson, who received the 2024 Martin Luther King Jr ...
History – AZMLK
Arizona’s history of honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with a holiday has been marked by a series of significant events and legislative actions. Here’s a timeline of the key milestones: Phoenix City Council unanimously votes to honor Dr. King with a paid holiday for city workers.
AZMLK – MLK Celebrations
Attending the AZMLK yearly event offers a profound opportunity to engage with the vibrant legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Held annually from January 17 to 25, this celebration in Arizona not only commemorates Dr. King’s transformative leadership in the civil rights movement but also serves as a rallying point for community unity and ...
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 recognize the...
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 shortly after his 1968 assassination. Connecticut was the first state to designate a King holiday, on the second Sunday of January, but it wasn't a legal holiday there until 1976, when it was moved to Jan. 15 and became a paid ...