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Public Papers of Ronald Reagan January, 1982

… Partnership Luncheon in New York January 15, 1982 Statement on the Anniversary of the Birth of Martin Luther King, Jr. January 18, 1982 Statement on the Murder of Lt. Col. Charles R. Ray, Assistant Army …

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Public Papers of Ronald Reagan August 1984

… Intergovernmental Advisory Council on Education Statement on Signing a Bill Establishing the Martin Luther King, Jr. Federal Holiday Commissio Message to the Congress Transmitting a United States-European …

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Remarks at a White House Briefing for Supporters and Presidents of Historically Black Colleges

… for black Americans. That's why men like Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington, and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., understood and stressed the importance of education. As Frederick Douglass once said, …

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Remarks Upon Returning From the Trip to Indonesia and Japan

… good will. Mrs. Reagan . Thank you. All the young people that you see over there are from the Martin Luther King School. And before we left for Tokyo, they gave to me some letters to be delivered to their …

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Proclamations, February 24, 1986 (02/24/1986)

… was brilliantly illuminated this very year with the first celebration of the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., as a national holiday. This new holiday symbolizes the trail he blazed for others and …

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Public Papers of Ronald Reagan November 1983

… Fisheries Commission November 2, 1983 Remarks on Signing the Bill Making the Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr., a National Holiday Nominations & Appointments Statement by Deputy Press Secretary …

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Remarks at the 40th Anniversary Dinner of the United Negro College Fund

… the greatest educators our nation has ever seen. In our own time, no less a figure than Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., stressed the importance to black Americans of good education. Dr. King said, ``We must …

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Remarks in New York City on Receiving the Charles Evans Hughes Gold Medal of the National Conference of Christians and Jews

… Legislature in Montgomery. Only two blocks from where I spoke, a courageous American named Martin Luther King organized a struggle for racial equality that led to historic changes in our society. He …

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Public Papers of Ronald Reagan January 1985

… Portrait Exhibit at the Corcoran Gallery of Art January 15, 1985 Statement on the Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. Message to the Congress Transmitting the Annual Reports on Highway, Traffic, and Motor …

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Remarks and a Question-and-Answer Session With Employees at the Digital Equipment Corporation in Roxbury, Massachusetts

… President. I wish you'd asked an easier question. [Laughter] What is the possibility of making Martin Luther King's birthday a national holiday. I believe that it is a day that should be nationally …

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