Remember and continue the dream on this MLK Day!

Did you know that MLK Day has roots in Chicago?

From Chicago Public Library: When Harold Washington got to Washington, D.C., he continued efforts to recognize King’s achievements by declaring his birth a national holiday. In 1981, speaking at a Martin Luther King Day celebration in Chicago, Washington said:

“Here in Illinois we do have our one day to celebrate…yet, incredibly, it is not yet a national holiday. As a state legislator in Springfield I led the fight to make King’s birthday a state holiday. In Washington, I have already joined…in sponsoring a bill which will make King’s birthday a national holiday, for all Americans to celebrate our black freedom struggles…. We must not let our history be forgotten.”