President Trump Signs Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park Into Law
President Donald J. Trump, with Alveda King (C) niece of slain Civil Rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and Isaac Newton Farris Jr. (L), nephew of Dr. King, and Bruce Levell of the National Diversity Coalition for Trump (R), signs the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park Act aboard Air Force One in Atlanta on Jan. 8, 2018. Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead
President Donald Trump on Jan. 8 signed the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park Act, redesignating the Martin Luther King, Junior, National Historic Site in Georgia as the Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park. The site is King’s birthplace.
Trump signed the act aboard Air Force One, and was joined by Alveda King who is the niece of Martin Luther King, Jr., who was assassinated on April 4, 1968.
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