Nowadays, many Arizonans get Martin Luther King Jr. Day off towards the end of January, but Arizona was the last state in the country to make MLK Day a state holiday, which caused some controversy ...

Gene Blue hopes the millions of Arizonans who won't attend work or school due to Martin Luther King Jr. Day in the state Monday take pride in the struggle that culminated with making it a reality 30 ...

Arizona didn't celebrate Martin Luther King Day until 1993, a decade after it became a federal holiday. ... Martin Luther King Jr. Day is observed on the third Monday of January each year.

President Barack Obama moved the Martin Luther King Jr. bust into the Oval Office in 2009. Trump kept it during his first ...

Today in AZ examines how Arizona residents can honor Martin Luther King Jr.'s life and legacy. KPNX-TV Phoenix Posted: January 14, 2025 | Last updated: January 14, 2025 ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is approaching quickly – Monday, Jan. 15 — and this year, ... Most notably, Arizona opposed it until a referendum was passed in 1992, ...

Yolanda Renée King is the sole grandchild of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King—and is just as passionate. She ...

On the next "Arizona Horizon," it's a Martin Luther King Jr. Day special. We'll speak with the ASU professor who received the 2024 Martin Luther King Jr. Faculty Servant-Leadership Award.

His enduring legacy was memorialized when Republican President Ronald Reagan signed the King Holiday bill in 1983, and again during the dedication of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in 2011.

In an interview published by NPR’s Book of the Day podcast on Jan. 3, writer Jonathan Eig, who authored the biography 'King: A Life,' said that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was "a protest leader ...

Stevie Wonder sings at a breakfast celebration honoring Martin Luther King in Phoenix on Jan. 15, 1993. Wonder had refused to perform in Arizona because of the lack of a Martin Luther King Jr ...

Arizona Horizon Martin Luther King Jr. Day special Season 2024 Episode 11 | 26m 45s Video has Closed Captions | CC Explore this MLK Day special episode with impactful stories from across our state.