CO SR004

Encourages Colorado cities, towns, counties, school districts, and local governments to observe ceremonies and activities commemorating the federal and state legal holiday honoring Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Recognizes Dr. King's birth on January 15, 1929, his educational achievements, and his leadership of the civil rights movement including the Montgomery bus boycott (1955), the March on Washington (August 28, 1963), and the "I Have a Dream" speech.

Acknowledges Dr. King's instrumental role in passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965, his 1964 Nobel Peace Prize, and his assassination on April 4, 1968.

Notes that Colorado enacted Martin Luther King, Jr. Day on April 4, 1985, under Governor Dick Lamm, predating the federal holiday designation, with the first Colorado celebration on January 20, 1986.

Directs copies of the resolution be sent to President Donald Trump, Governor Jared Polis, the Congressional Black Caucus, the National Black Caucus of State Legislators, and Colorado's congressional delegation.