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Fifty years ago Mayor Frank Curran proclaimed Jan. 15, 1971 “Dr. Martin Luther King Day” in San Diego in honor of the Black civil rights leader and minister slain in 1968.
In the proclamation the mayor said: “Dr. Martin Luther King devoted his life to the single purpose of improving conditions for his race and left a record as one of the great religious and social leaders of our times.” MLK Day become a federal holiday in in 1986.
From The San Diego Union, Friday, January 15, 1971:
Contribution Of Dr. King To Nation Honored Here
“There are some who loved him, there are others who hated him, but everyone respected him for what he believed.”