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Martin Luther King Jr. Day Trivia Questions

How much do you really know about Martin Luther King Jr. Day? Below are 8 true or false statements. Click each one to reveal the answer and explanation.

1.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day became a federal holiday immediately after the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

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Easy
✗ FALSE

The holiday wasn't signed into law until 1983 by President Reagan, nearly two decades after the Civil Rights Act.

2.

All federal employees are required to take MLK Day off as a paid holiday.

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Easy
✗ FALSE

Federal employees are not required to take it off; they can choose to work and receive holiday pay, but many offices are closed.

3.

MLK Day is celebrated on King's actual birthday, January 15, every year.

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Easy
✗ FALSE

The holiday is observed on the third Monday of January, not the exact date, similar to Presidents' Day. King's birthday is January 15.

4.

MLK Day was first proposed as a holiday just hours after King's assassination in 1968.

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Medium
✗ FALSE

The first push for a holiday came in 1968, but it wasn't signed into law until 1983, after years of campaigning led by Stevie Wonder and others.

5.

MLK Day wasn't observed by all 50 states until the year 2000.

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✓ TRUE

New Hampshire was the last state to adopt MLK Day as a paid holiday, finally doing so in 1999 with implementation in 2000.

6.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is the only federal holiday designated as a day of service.

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✓ TRUE

The 1994 King Holiday and Service Act encourages Americans to volunteer on MLK Day, making it the only federal holiday focused on service.

7.

Some southern states once celebrated MLK Day alongside a holiday honoring Confederate generals.

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✓ TRUE

Until the 2000s, states like Virginia and Alabama combined MLK Day with Robert E. Lee Day, though most have since separated them.

8.

Arizona lost its Super Bowl hosting rights in 1993 for refusing to recognize MLK Day.

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The NFL moved Super Bowl XXVII from Arizona to California after the state rejected a paid MLK holiday in 1990.

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