Despite being made a federal holiday in 1983, it took Arizona another 10 years, and a lost opportunity at hosting the Super Bowl, for the state to officially recognize MLK Day as a holiday. abc15
In 1983, President Ronald Reagan signed into law a national holiday honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. But it would be 10 more years until Arizona officially honored it.
It was a fight, led by Stewart, with marches across the Valley. Long-time Mesa resident and former NFL player John Goodie joined them. It got the attention of civil rights icon Rosa Parks and musicians, like Stevie Wonder, boycotted the state. "One was accepting or continuing with MLK Day and getting rid of Columbus Day, so that sounds more like a business decision, how many days off are we giving?" Brooks said."Then there's a question of do you just add on MLK Day and businesses may not be in support of whether or not there's an additional day. You can also look at this as a social justice issue. Just the very simple fact of this is celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
"The business community came on board because they wanted the Super Bowl, but there were hundreds of thousands of Arizonans who voted for the right reason," said Stewart.
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