It was 41 years ago that President Ronald Reagan made the third Monday in January an official federal holiday to honor Martin Luther King Jr.'s Jan. 15 birthday.

On a picturesque autumn day in the White House Rose Garden in 1983, President Ronald Reagan signed the Martin Luther King Day bill into law. Even then, fifteen years after King had been gunned ...

It has been 40 years since Ronald Reagan signed the bill making Martin Luther King Jr. Day an official national holiday. In that time the legacy of America’s most famous and formidable civil ...

His enduring legacy was memorialized when Republican President Ronald Reagan signed the King Holiday bill in 1983, and again during the dedication of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in 2011.

On Nov. 3, 1983, President Ronald Reagan signed a bill marking the third Monday of January, as Martin Luther King Jr. Day, according to the center. The holiday was to begin in 1986.

It was President Ronald Reagan who eventually signed a bill in 1983 that added Martin Luther King Jr. Day to the list of federal holidays, commemorating King's contribution to the civil rights ...

As the nation prepares to commemorate Martin Luther King Jr. Day, it’s worth remembering that venerated Republican deity Ronald Reagan opposed the King holiday right up until the day he signed ...

A new feature documentary from Time Studios and Stevie Wonder’s Eyes ‘n’ Sound will highlight the music icon’s pivotal role ...

Time Studios and Stevie Wonder’s Eyes ‘n’ Sound are partnering to produce a feature doc chronicling the cultural, political, ...

President Ronald Reagan, followed by Coretta Scott King, on Nov. 2, 1983, shakes hands with those there to witness the signing of the bill making Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday a national ...

Editors note: Versions of this editorial have appeared at earlier holidays. It was 41 years ago that President Ronald Reagan made the third Monday in January an official federal holiday to honor ...

On Nov. 2, 1983, President Ronald Reagan signed a bill making the third Monday in January a federal holiday in observance of King's legacy. The holiday was first observed three years later on Jan ...