"While others were advocating for freedom by 'any means necessary,' including violence, Martin Luther King Jr. used the power of words and acts of nonviolent resistance, such as protests, grassroots ...
The MartinLutherKingJr. federal holiday has been observed now for 39 years — the same length as King’s life. At the time of the first celebration in 1986, M. Carl Holman, president of the ...