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Top 10 US Holidays—Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is celebrated in the United States on the third Monday of January every year. King's birthday was on January fifteenth, so the holiday is timed to coincide right around his birthday.

Labor unions promoted the holiday as part of contract negotiations, and then in 1968, four days after the assassination of King, Congressman John Conyers of Michigan introduced a bill that would make it a national holiday. The bill stalled in Congress, and petitions started to emerge in support of making it a holiday. Conyers and New York Democrat Shirley Chisholm, a Representative from New York, continued to submit the bill every session, and pressure to turn Martin Luther King, Jr. Day into a holiday continued to build until the 1980s. It officially became a national holiday in 1983.

Some of the opposition was due to people who questioned whether celebrating King's life was enough to honor the Civil Rights Movement, which was about more individuals than just King. Others felt that what King stood for was not patriotic. Senator Jesse Helms had issues with King's opposition to the Vietnam War and also referred to King's leadership within the Civil Rights Movement as "action-oriented Marxism." However, many felt that King was the figurehead of the movement and deserved to be celebrated as a patriotic figure.

Around the country, the holiday is typically celebrated with the closure of all levels of government. Some schools close, while others stay open and choose to focus their lessons on the man honored by the holiday.

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I unlock the front door

I enter the apartment

I turn on the light

I relax on the sofa

I watch the evening news.

I invite friends over for dinner.

I prepare dinner.

I put the children to bed.

I tell bedtime stories to my children.

I tell hilarious jokes to my friends.

I pour a glass of wine.

I spill wine on the table.

I clean up the mess.

I have a conversation with my boss on the phone.

I talk about my day.

I plan for tomorrow.

I take a hot bath.

I dry my hair with a hair dryer.

I charge the batteries on my phone.

I go to sleep around midnight.

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Teddy: Hey, Drew, let me get you another drink!

Drew: Thanks, buddy… Oh, hey, Alex, thanks for hosting my party, you've got a nice place.

Alex: Hey, no problem. Besides, I like having people over.

Drew: So, Teddy tells me you're an artist?

Alex: Yeah, I do some painting, but recently I've been putting it on hold.

Drew: Oh yeah? Why's that?

Alex: You know, exploring my other talents, I suppose. I've just picked up my gymnastics again, coupling it with yoga. I forgot what regular air smells like after breathing in so much air full of paint fumes.

Drew: I guess breaking off from the regular is a good thing. I've tried yoga before; I'm stiff as a board… Hey, by the way, that's a really cool painting you've got up on your wall… Andy Warhol right?

Alex: Yup, "32 Campbell's Soup Cans." This is my particular favorite. It reminds me that even the most dull and ordinary things in life can be quite interesting once made into art.

Drew: Uhh…okay. Anyways. Nice painting. Looks pretty real I must say, although I've never seen the real thing myself. Probably never will now that it's been stolen. Haha!

Alex: Oh, I'm pretty sure mine is more than enough for your eyes.

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