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- The King Center"Established in 1968 by Mrs. Coretta Scott King, The Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change ('The King Center') has been a global destination, resource center and community institution for over a quarter century. "
- The Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute"The Institute supports a broad range of activities illuminating the Nobel Peace laureate’s life and the movements he inspired. The Institute’s publications, public programs, workshops, and website inform a diverse global audience about King’s dream of global peace with social justice."
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
The Meaning of the King Holiday
The King Holiday honors the life and contributions of America’s greatest champion of racial justice and equality, the leader who not only dreamed of a color-blind society, but who also lead a movement that achieved historic reforms to help make it a reality. -- Coretta Scott King
A Brief History Of Martin Luther King Jr. Day
"This is not a black holiday; it is a people's holiday," said Coretta Scott King after President Ronald Reagan signed the King Holiday Bill into law on Nov. 2, 1983. But in the complicated history of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, it has only recently been a holiday for all the people, all the time. --
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