New Hampshire and Utah are the last 2 states to recognize Martin Luther King Day as a national holiday.
South Carolina was the last state to make Martin Luther King Day a paid holiday.
Presently, all 50 states officially recognize Martin Luther King Jr. Day as a holiday, observed on the 3rd Monday of January. Meaning state employees in every state receive holiday pay for MLK Day. Utah was the last state to officially recognize the holiday, doing so in 2000.
MARTIN LUTHER KING!(LAST NAME "KING")
New Hampshire Utah was last to call it by name in 2000.
Where was Martin Luther King shot?
When discussing history it is important to know the last name to the activists of the time. In African American history Martin Luther's last name was King.
He was born Michael Luois King, Jr. His father changed the names in 1935 to Martin Luther in honor of the German Protestant reformer.
In 2000 all states were celebrating Martin Luther King Day. It was started in 1986 and in 2000 the last state to join in was Utah.
Martin Luther King is buried at what is now the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site in his hometown of Atlanta, Georgia. King's tombstone is engraved with the words:Free at last, free at last, thank God Almighty, I'm free at last.
no it was not his last speech
I have a dream!