Legislation of major concern to the black community scheduled for House floor action for the first week of August, 1983; Bills include H.R. 3345 (Martin Luther King Jr. legal public holiday), S. 272 (Small business access to federal procurement information conference...
Senate report - 96th Congress, 1st session, 1979 no. 96-284; calendar no. 304; the report includes Minority views of senators Thurmond, Laxalt, Hatch and Simpson and Individual views of Thad Cochran and jointed in by senator Alan Simpson.
Conyers speech on floor of the House regarding his introduction of bill to make a national holiday honoring Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday.
A draft remarks to encourage the Congress to designate the birthday of Dr. King a national holiday.
Senate report - 96th Congress, 1st session, 1979 no. 96-284; calendar no. 304; a bill introduced by Mr. Bayh, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Glenn, Mr. Dole, and Mr. Percy in the Senate on January 15, 1979 to designate the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr. a legal public holiday.
The speech of President Ronald Reagan in the Rose Garden at the White House on making the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr. a national holiday; H.R. 3706 - Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday bill was approved on November 2;
A speech to encourage the Congress to designate the birthday of Dr. King a national holiday.
A speech by congressman John Conyers Jr. before Senate Judiciary Committee in support of legislation to make the birthday of Dr. King (January 15) a national holiday.