Martin Luther King, Jr., Federal Holiday, 2014, 3717-3720 [2014-01413]

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[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 14 (Wednesday, January 22, 2014)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 3717-3720]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-01413]



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Vol. 79

Wednesday,

No. 14

January 22, 2014

Part IV





The President





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Proclamation 9078--Martin Luther King, Jr., Federal Holiday, 2014



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                        Presidential Documents 



Federal Register / Vol. 79 , No. 14 / Wednesday, January 22, 2014 / 
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Title 3--
The President

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                Proclamation 9078 of January 22, 2014

                
Martin Luther King, Jr., Federal Holiday, 2014

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                Each year, America sets aside a day to remember a giant 
                of our Nation's history and a pioneer of the Civil 
                Rights Movement. During his lifelong struggle for 
                justice and equality, the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther 
                King, Jr., gave mighty voice to the quiet hopes of 
                millions, offered a redemptive path for oppressed and 
                oppressors alike, and led a Nation to the mountaintop. 
                Behind the bars of a Birmingham jail cell, he reminded 
                us that ``injustice anywhere is a threat to justice 
                everywhere.'' On a hot summer day, under the shadow of 
                the Great Emancipator, he challenged America to make 
                good on its founding promise, and he called on every 
                lover of freedom to walk alongside their brothers and 
                sisters.

                As we marked the 50th Anniversary of the March on 
                Washington for Jobs and Freedom last August, we noted 
                the depth of courage and character assembled on the 
                National Mall that day. We honored all who marched, 
                bled, and died for civil rights. And we celebrated the 
                great victories of the last half century--civil rights 
                and voting rights laws; new opportunities in the 
                classroom and the workforce; a more fair and free 
                America, not only for African Americans, but for us 
                all.

                We were also reminded that our journey is not complete. 
                It is our task to build on the gains of past 
                generations, from challenging new barriers to the vote 
                to ensuring the scales of justice work equally for all 
                people. And we must advance another cause central to 
                both Dr. King's career and the Civil Rights Movement--
                the dignity of good jobs, decent wages, quality 
                education, and a fair deal. Because America's promise 
                is not only the absence of oppression but also the 
                presence of opportunity, we must make our Nation one 
                where anyone willing to work hard is admitted into the 
                ranks of a rising, thriving middle class.

                Dr. King taught us that ``an individual has not started 
                living until he can rise above the narrow confines of 
                his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of 
                all humanity.'' In honor of this spirit, Americans 
                across the country will come together for a day of 
                service. By volunteering our time and energy, we can 
                build stronger, healthier, more resilient communities. 
                Today, let us put aside our narrow ambitions, lift up 
                one another, and march a little closer to the Nation 
                Dr. King envisioned.

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the 
                United States of America, by virtue of the authority 
                vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the 
                United States, do hereby proclaim January 20, 2014, as 
                the Martin Luther King, Jr., Federal Holiday. I 
                encourage all Americans to observe this day with 
                appropriate civic, community, and service projects in 
                honor of Dr. King and to visit www.MLKDay.gov to find 
                Martin Luther King, Jr., Day of Service projects across 
                our country.

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                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                sixteenth day of January, in the year of our Lord two 
                thousand fourteen, and of the Independence of the 
                United States of America the two hundred and thirty-
                eighth.
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

[FR Doc. 2014-01413
Filed 1-21-14; 11:15 am]
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