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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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Public Papers of Ronald Reagan December 1988

… Commissioned Corps of the Public Health Service Centennial Day, 1989 Proclamation 5927 -- Martin Luther King, Jr., Day, 1989 December 24, 1988 Radio Address to the Nation on the Holiday Season and the …

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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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Remarks at a White House Ceremony Marking the Beginning of the National Partnerships in Education Program

… self-taught people like Abe Lincoln and from inventors like Thomas Edison to visionaries like Martin Luther King, Americans have put their faith in the power of education to enrich lives and to make our …

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The President's News Conference

… it all is kind of hinging on the resolution of Lebanon. Yeah, Sam [Sam Donaldson, ABC News]. Martin Luther King, Jr. Q. Mr. President, Senator Helms has been saying on the Senate floor that Martin Luther …

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Remarks at a White House Briefing for Black Administration Appointees

… Last November when I signed into law the national holiday commemorating the birth of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., I quoted his stirring words about the fate of black and white Americans: ``Their …

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