Timeline: Creation of the Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday

See the timeline of events that led to the MLK holiday being established.

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1968: Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated. Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.) introduces legislation for a federal holiday to commemorate King. (Getty Images)

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