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Did you know that Stevie Wonder wrote his 1980 song "Happy Birthday" as a protest and a political tool to demand a national holiday honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.?

The Campaign for MLK Day

  • The Struggle: After Dr. King was assassinated in 1968, a federal holiday bill stalled in Congress for over a decade due to political resistance.
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