However, by the year 2000, all states were in compliance. And to this day, many companies still won’t allow their employees to have the day to volunteer for the King Day of Service or to volunteer.
Though the vote passed, some states - and many companies - still refused to honor Dr. Let’s consider the second and third sections of the song: On October 19, 1983, the bill passed Senate and on November 2, 1983, President Ronald Reagan signed it into law. The naysayers were ready to vote it down except their plan to use FBI files against King’s memory fell flat.
King’s legendary “I Have A Dream” speech, the anniversary of March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, and the 15th anniversary of King’s assassination, it finally happened. Then, in 1983, after the 20th anniversary of the Dr. M.L.K Gala at The Atlanta Civic Center in Atlanta Georgia, Janu(Photo by Rick Diamond/Getty Images Getty Images ATLANTA JANUARY 01: Martin Luther King III, Stevie Wonder and Coretta Scott King backstage during.
