Arizona didn't celebrate Martin Luther King Day until 1993, a decade after it became a federal holiday. Here's how the Super Bowl played a role.

The article outlines Arizona's contentious history with recognizing Martin Luther King Jr. Day as a state holiday and the ...

Arizona was one of the last states to recognize Martin Luther King Jr. Day as a holiday and the only state that required a ...

I'd never had a white person talk to me like that,' Warren Stewart Sr. says, recalling the late Gov. Evan Mecham and the ...

PHOENIX — After nearly 50 years, a Phoenix pastor who helped bring Martin Luther King Jr. Day to Arizona is stepping down from his pulpit. "I'm not mad with anybody. I love pastoring. I love preaching ...

Arizona was one of the last states to recognize Martin Luther King Jr. Day as a holiday and the only state that required a public vote to do so. In 1987, Gov. Evan Mecham fulfilled a promise to ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is recognized across the nation, both as a state and national holiday, on the civil rights ...

I'd never had a white person talk to me like that' The King holiday's approval in Arizona followed a chapter in state history that included racist comments by former Gov. Evan Mecham, who opposed ...