In 1983, about 20 years after King’s “I Have a Dream” speech, legislation for a Martin Luther King Jr. Day on the third Monday of January cleared Congress and President Ronald Reagan signed it.

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But I want you to know tonight, that we, as a people, will get to the promised land!”</p><p>With these words, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. built a crescendo to his final speech on April 3, 1968.