1-20-16 The First MLK Day in 2:00

http://laborhistoryin2.podbean.com/e/january-20-2016-the-first-mlk-day/




January 20, 2016
On this day in Labor History the year was 1986. That was the first time Dr. Martin Luther King Day was observed as a national holiday. A powerful voice for Civil Rights, Dr. King was assassinated in 1968 in Memphis, Tennessee while standing on the second floor of the Lorraine Motel.

2:00 minute audio at link.