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Former U.S. Senator Harris Wofford shares his favorite memory of meeting Martin Luther King Jr. and remembers discussing the inevitable assassination of such a prominent civil rights leader with his wife, Coretta Scott King. Wofford then explains what MLK Day means to him and how he thinks the holiday should celebrate King’s goals of equality. He also recalls the fight it took to create the holiday in the first place, though it had support from many sides. It wasn’t until the year 2000 that all 50 states celebrated MLK Day. The day was singed into law as a Federal holiday by President Ronald Reagan in 1983 and was first celebrated in 1986 after Wofford and other politicians voiced their support.

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‘A Day When We Try to Fulfill the Goals MLK Gave His Life For’ appeared first on Witnify.

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Larry Rubin once shared a hotel room with Martin Luther King, Jr. and Bayard Rustin at a peace conference. Rubin says of King: “He had the bearing of a person who was at peace with himself”–and recalls how he wore silk pajamas to bed.

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