What role did music play in getting Martin Luther King Jr. Day to become a holiday? According to the National Constitution Center, in 1981, Stevie Wonder released "Happy Birthday to You," making a ...

What role did music play in getting Martin Luther King Jr. Day to become a holiday? According to the National Constitution Center, in 1981, Stevie Wonder released "Happy Birthday to You," making a ...

Musician Stevie Wonder even released a song, “Happy Birthday ... Memorial Day. Martin Luther King Jr. Day’s reach has only grown in its 42 years. It’s the only federal holiday where ...

The next year, none other than Stevie Wonder stepped up to keep the movement for an MLK Day holiday alive. He released the song "Happy Birthday" in tribute to Dr. King on his album "Hotter Than ...

MLK Day officially became a federal holiday with the passage of a 1983 law, and it was first observed in 1986. Some people have wondered if Stevie Wonder’s song “Happy Birthday,” which ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the federal holiday honoring the life and birthday ... of recognizing King's legacy in his 1980 song "Happy Birthday." "I just never understood / How a man who died ...

Or should we say happy Inauguration Day? In 2025, it's both. The third Monday of January is the MLK Day federal holiday. President Donald Trump's Inauguration Day also happened, as did Vice ...

Musician Stevie Wonder even released a song, “Happy Birthday,” to ... initiative reinstated the King holiday. Supporters took a victory lap the next MLK Day with a packed arena concert ...

ATLANTA — The MLK Day holiday is marked annually as a day of service and remembrance of the struggle for justice, equality and the Beloved Community that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. made his life ...