David J. Garrow
Southern Exposure Contributor
David Garrow is author of The FBI and Martin Luther King, Jr. and Protest at Selma. He is currently completing a comprehensive book on King and the SCLC entitled Bearing the Cross. (1984)
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Articles by David J. Garrow
March 1, 1984 -
A federal holiday honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., finally won congressional and presidential approval, but not without creating a firestorm of arguments and controversy that made those 1983 debates starkly reminiscent of the contentious times of 20 years ago.
