Honoring Martin Luther King, Jr.- Happy Birthday to ya!

That’s right.  I think so many people have forgotten Martin Luther King‘s actual birthday as we’ve moved holidays around here in the States over the years to fall nicely on the calendar.  His actual birth date was January 15, 1929.  He would have been 80 years old today.  Kind of eery that Obama is making history almost in alignment with King’s 80th birthday.

My mom took me to DC on the Mall around 1982 or 1983 for a demonstration/campaign to make MLK’s birthday a Federal holiday.  It was when Stevie Wonder sang his song “Happy Birthday (Martin Luther King, Jr.)” for the first time (I think…gotta do some research).  In any case, I am still glad that I was a part of history as this demonstration was the one that resulted in MLK’s birthday becoming a Federal Holiday.

Happy Birthday, Martin!