Jan 19, 2025 · King's actual birthday is on January 15, but the federal holiday always falls on the third Monday of January. Just four days after King's assassination in 1968, U.S. Rep. John Conyers of Michigan ...

Jan 16, 2017 · Washington — U.S. Rep. John Conyers, the Detroit Democrat who is the dean of the House of Representatives, will skip Republican Donald Trump’s inauguration Friday, his office said Monday.

Jan 20, 2025 · The bill was originally introduced by U.S. Rep. John Conyers (D-MI) just four days after Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was killed. In the years since 1986, MLK Day has occurred four times on...

Jan 16, 2017 · U.S. Rep. John Conyers, D-Detroit, has decided to skip President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration ceremony in protest, according to multiple news reports.

Jan 17, 2017 · Nearly 60 Democratic lawmakers now say they are skipping Donald Trump's inauguration ceremony on Friday after more representatives made their boycott plans known on Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

Jan 17, 2025 · Martin Luther King Jr. Day came about when former U.S. Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., introduced legislation to create a federal holiday honoring King on April 8, 1968, just four days after the civil rights leader’s assassination.

Just four days after King’s assassination in 1968, US Rep. John Conyers of Michigan introduced legislation for a federal holiday to honor the civil rights leader. However, the holiday wasn’t ...

Jan 7, 2017 · On April 8, 1968, Representative John Conyers, from Detroit, marched through downtown Memphis with Coretta Scott King, Ralph Abernathy, Harry Belafonte, and thousands of people who had come...

Jan 18, 2017 · A number of lawmakers who oppose President-elect Donald Trump are refusing to attend his inauguration.

Jan 20, 2025 · Four days after his assassination, U.S. Rep. John Conyers, D-Detroit, introduced a bill in the Congress to recognize King’s birthday as a national holiday. Conyers, a former labor attorney, had ...