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Is i m sure that would satisfy the radio station way too much. he is in greeley, colorado if you are curious you can look him up. congressman john conyers is the man who first introduced legislation providing for a federal holiday to honor martin luther king. congress did that on april 8th, 1968, four days after dr. king was assassinated. the legislation creating the federal mlk holiday did not even get a vote in the house of representatives until 11 years after mr. conyers first introduced it. when it did come up for a vote it did not pass. it lost by five votes. the first time a king holiday bill passed the house was in august, 1983. 90 members of the house voted against it. when it passed the senate later that year 22 senators voted against it. despite the fact he originally opposed the idea of a king holiday president reagan did sign the bill establishing it to begin in 1986. 18 years after dr. king was killed. even after that date only 27 states and d.c. observed the holiday. in ....