"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character."
Did you know:
- In 1964, at age 35, Martin Luther King, Jr., became the youngest person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for having "contributed the most to the furtherance of peace among men." When he learned of the honor, he announced that he would donate the prize money, $54,123, to the civil rights movement.
- It took 15 years to create the federal Martin Luther King, Jr., holiday. Congressman John Conyers, a Democrat from Michigan, first introduced legislation for a commemorative holiday four days after King was assassinated April 4, 1968.
- Congress passed the holiday legislation in 1983, which was then signed into law by President Ronald Reagan.
- In 1994, Congress passed the King Holiday and Service Act, designating the King Holiday as a national day of volunteer service. Instead of a day off, you can make it a day on. If you would like to register your service project, find a volunteer opportunity, or create your own neighborhood, family or individual project, visit www.mlkday.gov.
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