Would Martin Luther King Day exist if he never got assassinated?

[Otis Da HousKat]

He definitely wouldn't have his own holiday if he wasn't assassinated, but he would still be a prominent figure in American history and we'd still learn about him in history class like we do other members of the civil rights movement.



This was still a huge event in the movement years before he was killed.

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[Lord Tony®]

like we do other members of the civil rights movement.

I was only taught about Harriet Tubman and MLK.

[Foxscotch]

if he was still alive, probably not

but why do some of you think it would be on a different day if there was one and he had not been assassinated? MLK day celebrates his birthday, not his assassination

[Moppy]

I was only taught about Harriet Tubman and MLK.

And not Rosa Parks?

[Lord Tony®]

And not Rosa Parks?

I had to learn about Rosa Parks through The Boondocks.