Document for Today, January 14th:
Presidential Proclamation 3839 of April 5, 1968, by President Lyndon B. Johnson designating Sunday, April 7, 1968, as a day of national mourning for Martin Luther King, Jr.
Born on January 15, 1929, Martin Luther King, Jr. was a key leader of the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s in the United States. President Lyndon B. Johnson issued this proclamation for a national day of mourning after King was assasinated on April 4, 1968.
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Yesterday's document: January 13th
"...making an alteration in the Flag..."
Tomorrow's document: January 15th
Portrait of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.