Monday is Martin Luther King Day. Here's what to know about the businesses and services that are closed for the holiday in ...

Arizona didn't celebrate Martin Luther King Day until 1993, a decade after it became a federal holiday. Here's how the Super ...

National and state parks in Arizona will waive entry fees for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Save money at Grand Canyon, in ...

I'd never had a white person talk to me like that,' Warren Stewart Sr. says, recalling the late Gov. Evan Mecham and the ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is recognized across the nation, both as a state and national holiday, on the civil rights ...

But did you know it took Arizona a tumultuous 15 years to recognize Martin Luther King Day as an official holiday? Here's what happened. Martin Luther King Jr. Day is observed on the third Monday ...

The article outlines Arizona's contentious history with recognizing Martin Luther King Jr. Day as a state holiday and the ...

Former President Ronald Reagan made MLK Day a federal holiday in 1983 and it was first celebrated three years later. However, it took Arizona until 1993 to recognize and celebrate the holiday.

It was 15 years after King's death before civil rights activists finally succeeded in making Martin Luther King Day a nationally observed holiday. Arizona was not the last state to create an ...