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A new documentary from Stevie Wonder will explore his role in establishing Martin Luther King Jr. Day as a federal holiday.

Independence Day celebrations are usually filled with fireworks, parades and patriotic festivities. So, how did it begin?

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Savannah unveiled its first monument dedicated to the late civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. on Saturday, King's 93rd birthday. Hundreds attended the dedication ceremony.

Beginning in 1986, Martin Luther King Day — the first federal holiday honoring an African American — would be observed on the third Monday in January. King's birthday is Jan. 15.

The Martin Luther King Jr. memorial at the National Mall in Washington. The federal holiday in his honor in January is just one event put on pause at the Defense Intelligence Agency.