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How Stevie Wonder, John Conyers and the UAW made MLK Day a holiday | Opinion
Martin Luther ... for the King Holiday. Twelve years later, Wonder would be pushing for it on stages much larger than the House floor. Wonder released his “Hotter Than July” album in September of 1980 ...
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How Stevie Wonder, John Conyers and the UAW made MLK Day a holiday | Opinion
Martin Luther King ... the House floor. Wonder released his “Hotter Than July” album in September of 1980 featuring the song “Happy Birthday,” a call to celebrate King’s birthday as ...
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Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a U.S. holiday and national day of service. It took a long time for the country to get there
Musician Stevie Wonder even released a song, “Happy Birthday,” to rally support. In 1983, about 20 years after King’s “I Have a Dream” speech, legislation for a Martin Luther King Jr ...
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The long struggle to establish Martin Luther King Jr. Day
The Rev. Martin ... King was a communist or King was a womanizer. In the meantime, his widow, Coretta Scott King, kept lobbying for it. Musician Stevie Wonder even released a song, "Happy Birthday ...
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A look at the long struggle to establish Martin Luther King Jr. Day
On the third Monday of the month — close to Dr. Martin Luther ... Coretta Scott King, kept lobbying for it. Musician Stevie Wonder even released a song, “Happy Birthday,” to rally support.