Op-ed: Matter of fact-Holiday receiving unequal treatment
BY JAY BROWN
Most Americans in every state will be off from work Monday, January 20, in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. For years, many states chose to ignore the namesake of this holiday completely for their version, while others used (or still use) the annual occasion as an even greater slight.
Fifteen years after Dr. King’s assassination, President Reagan signed the holiday into law and it was first observed three years later, in 1986. It should be noted that Reagan opposed the idea, but when the bill was passed in Congress by an overwhelming, veto-proof margin, he was powerless to stop it.