Talk:Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

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[edit] Virginia

The article reads:

"The incongruous nature of the holiday, which simultaneously celebrated the lives of Confederate
Army generals and a civil rights icon, did not escape the notice of Virginia lawmakers."

Apparently it DID escape notice when they passed it in the first place. That sentence makes it sound like the Virginia lawmakers "stumbled" across this inanity instead of creating it in the first place. Are there newspaper articles about what happened to pressure them to change it?

[edit] South Carolina??

I come and go from there and lived there..they don't celebrate MLK day..everyone still works and it's like a normal day to them. -Gladis <italian>—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 4.153.29.208 (talk) 13:20, 15 January 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Debate over holiday

There should be information on how the day is debateable (may critics claim that since the Presidents all have to share one day, civil rights leaders and abolitionists should share one day). Casey14 01:05, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] why the FUCK does it say martin luther king koon jr day?

what kind of bullshit is that

It's BS of the vandalizing kind, and it's fixed now. Thanks for pointing it out. ---Sluzzelin talk 01:37, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The Apollos

I thought it would be good to add the short film The Appolos as an external link to the MLK Day page. It's about the high school class that lobbied hard to get the bill to create MLK day passed. Here's the link... http://www.mediathatmattersfest.org/7/index.php?id=4 Any thoughts? Marycordelia 15:54, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Article title and article

Why is the article title "Martin Luther King Day", but the first line of the article and top of the infobox say "Martin Luther King Jr. Day," and the infobox says the official title is "Martin Luther King Jr. Day"? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.191.23.51 (talk) 23:22, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Section needs to be edited

This line about New Hampshire is not very accurate:

On January 17, 2000, for the first time, Martin Luther King Day was officially observed in all 50 states.[4] Prior to that New Hampshire and Arizona did not observe the day.

In fact, New Hampshire passed "Civil Rights Day" in 1991, to honor Dr King, and other civil rights activists like Rosa Parks and Malcolm X. Since the article states clearly that other states, such as Utah, have different names for the holiday, including combining it with Confederate military heroes, this sentence does not seem justifiable. The article leaves the impression that New Hampshire was some sort of bigoted state, that was one of the last to recognize this holiday.

I am a newbie to Wikipedia, how do we fix this? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 155.188.183.6 (talk) 14:33, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Another section needs to be edited

"In May 1990, the holiday was expanded further when President George H. W. Bush signed an extension making the week long celebration into a month-long."

Leaving aside the fact that "month-long" should have a noun following it, when was the day expanded to a week? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.57.209.252 (talk) 18:29, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

I think that it is referring to Black/African-American History Month, rather than week. --.ιΙ Inhuman14 Ιι. 20:12, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] One of four?

The article states that MLK day is one of 4 federal holidays that commemorates an individual. The Federal Holiday page seems to only list 3, MLK, Washington and Columbus. Who is the fourth? Is the article talking about Christ/Christmas? 17.232.148.124 (talk) 17:32, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

Maybe someone thought Lincoln's birthday? Kingturtle (talk) 17:55, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
Since Lincoln's birthday is not an official Federal Holiday, should the article be edited, or is Christ the 4th person? 17.232.148.124 (talk) 18:07, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
The footnote now say the others are Washington, Columbus and Christ. But isn't Washington's Bday called Presidents day? Kingturtle (talk) 20:35, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
Not according to the Federal Holiday article. Officially, it's still Washington's Birthday. 17.232.148.124 (talk) 20:57, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Opposition

These assertions need to be sourced. Especially for Reagan since that seems to be the most specific. If no source for this can be found it needs to be removed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.0.175.144 (talk) 20:10, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

Agreed, the insert that involved current candidate John McCain REALLY needs to be sourced, for it's easy to see why someone would post such false information, to make McCain appear racist, however slightly. If left un-sourced, the information should be deleted QUICKLY.75.185.223.154 (talk) 23:56, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Citation for Utah

I found the bill that changed Human Rights Day to MLK Day in Utah, but since I'm pretty new I'm not sure how to add it and format it correctly. Here it is, though: http://www.le.state.ut.us/~2000/htmdoc/sbillhtm/SB0121.htm Browncoatamanda (talk) 23:26, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

Y Done--Greenguy1090 (talk) 16:52, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] 1990

The article says the holiday was extended to a month in 1990 - that isn't correct is it? The edit summary that inserted that[1] says that it was an explanation for the photo, but the photo is of Bush signing HR 1385 [2], which extended the holiday commission, not the holiday. He made this speech [3] at the time. Bazzargh (talk) 19:46, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

OK fixed that, but it appears that the caption for the photo is wrong - it's most likely of him signing the bill, not the proclamation - the proclamation is signed on the holiday, the bill was signed may 17th as suggested by the caption. Bazzargh (talk) 21:11, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
It was the date that was wrong - this was a signing on Jan 17 1992, according to the presidential library. Added ref. Bazzargh (talk) 21:46, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Why is there a link to a Sam Francis article?

Why does this article link to the ramblings of that bitter old racist paleocon? Is this POV-pushing link really necessary? His opinions are hardly mainstream: "Breaking down the sexual barriers between the races is a major weapon of cultural destruction" is one particular little gem of his.MosKillinest (talk) 03:48, 12 May 2008 (UTC)