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How my grandfather negotiated the Montgomery bus boycott with Martin Luther King.

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JD Breen
Jan 19, 2025
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Atlanta, GA
January 19, 2025

This weekend marks the 39th anniversary of the first time a holiday honored Martin Luther King.

In 1983, the third Monday in January was designated by the US government as the official annual recurrence. It took effect three years later. Over the ensuing decade-and-a-half, states adopted the day at varying rates and to differen…

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