Martin Luther King Holiday

Which state was one of the last states to approve a paid King holiday for state employees?

• Tennessee

• South Carolina

• Texas

• Oregon

In what year did all 50 states make MLK Day a state government holiday?

• 2000

• 2020

• 1929

• 1986

The King holiday is marked every year on the ______ Monday in January. 

• first

• fourth

• second

• third

The ________ Center in Atlanta has a detailed chronology of how the efforts, starting shortly after King’s death in 1968, paid off in the long run.

• King

• Memorial

• Freedom

• Civil Rights

Which of the following presidents signed the bill in November 1983?

• Bill Clinton

• Ronald Reagan

• George Bush

• Thomas Jefferson

Who made good on its threat towards Arizona, taking the Super Bowl to Southern California?

• Senator Strom Thurmond

• The King Family

• National Football League

• Civil Rights Activists

The __________ took up the bill in 1983 and it passed by 53 votes.

• Senators

• Voters

• House

• Citizens

How long was the fight to make the Martin Luther King Jr. birthday a holiday?

• 8 years

• 15 years

• 50 years

• 32 years

What is the official date of Martin Luther King's birthday?

• 16th

• 15th

• 19th

• 20th

Representative John Conyers introduced the first motion to make King’s birthday a federal holiday in 1968, just ______ days after King’s assassination in Memphis.

• four

• seven

• ten

• nine