Editing Martin Luther King Jr. Day (section)

===State passage===
Although the federal holiday honoring King was signed into law in 1983 and took effect three years later, not every U.S. state chose to observe the January holiday at the state level<ref name="20180110History.comBlakemore" /> until 1991, when the [[New Hampshire]] legislature created "Civil Rights Day" and abolished its April "[[Fast Day]]".<ref name="nhgov">{{cite web|last=Gilbreth |first=Donna |year=1997 |archive-date=January 2, 2011 |url=http://www.nh.gov/nhinfo/fast.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110102115710/http://www.nh.gov/nhinfo/fast.html |title=Rise and Fall of Fast Day |publisher=New Hampshire State Library |access-date=January 17, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 1999, [[New Hampshire]] became the last state to name a holiday after King, which they first celebrated in January 2000{{snd}}the first nationwide celebration of the day with this name.<ref name="N.H.'s Martin Luther King Jr. Day Didn't Happen Without A Fight">{{cite web |url=https://www.nhpr.org/post/nhs-martin-luther-king-jr-day-didnt-happen-without-fight#stream/0 |publisher=New Hampshire Public Radio |title=N.H.'s Martin Luther King Jr. Day Didn't Happen Without A Fight |date=August 27, 2013 |access-date=August 27, 2013 |archive-date=August 15, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140815141308/http://nhpr.org/post/nhs-martin-luther-king-jr-day-didnt-happen-without-fight#stream/0 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 1986, Arizona [[List of Governors of Arizona|Governor]] [[Bruce Babbitt]], a Democrat, created a paid state MLK holiday in Arizona by executive order just before he left office, but in 1987, his Republican successor [[Evan Mecham]], citing an attorney general's opinion that Babbitt's order was illegal, reversed Babbitt's decision days after taking office.<ref>{{cite news|last=Ye Hee Lee|first=Michelle|title=Recalling Arizona's struggle for MLK holiday|url=http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/20120112martin-luther-king-holiday-dilemma.html#ixzz2IYEyGRdg|access-date=January 20, 2013|newspaper=[[The Arizona Republic]]|date=January 15, 2012|archive-date=January 16, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230116233454/https://help.azcentral.com/#ixzz2IYEyGRdg|url-status=live}}</ref> Later that year, Mecham proclaimed the third Sunday in January to be "Martin Luther King Jr./Civil Rights Day" in Arizona, albeit as an unpaid holiday. This proposal was rejected by the state Senate the following year.<ref>{{cite web|title=Civil Rights Day in United States|url=http://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/us/civil-rights-day|website=timeanddate.com|publisher=Time and Date AS|access-date=April 12, 2015|archive-date=March 29, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150329035022/http://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/us/civil-rights-day|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1990, Arizona voters were given the opportunity to vote on giving state employees a paid MLK holiday. That same year, the [[National Football League]] threatened to move [[Super Bowl XXVII]], which was planned for Arizona in 1993, if the MLK holiday was voted down.<ref name="TucsonSentinel">{{cite web |url=http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/101611_az_mlk_dedication/arizonans-recall-fight-state-mlk-holiday |title=tucsonsentinel.com |publisher=tucsonsentinel.com |access-date=February 5, 2013 |archive-date=February 5, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130205033001/http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/101611_az_mlk_dedication/arizonans-recall-fight-state-mlk-holiday/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In the November 1990 election, the voters were offered two King Day options: Proposition 301, which replaced [[Columbus Day]] on the list of paid state holidays, and Proposition 302, which merged [[Lincoln's Birthday|Lincoln's]] and [[Washington's Birthday|Washington's]] birthdays into one paid holiday to make room for MLK Day. Both measures failed to pass, with only 49% of voters approving Prop 302, the more popular of the two options; although some who voted "no" on 302 voted "yes" on Prop 301.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Shumway|first1=Jim|title=STATE OF ARIZONA OFFICIAL CANVASS – GENERAL ELECTION – November 6, 1990|url=http://azsos.gov/sites/azsos.gov/files/canvass1990ge.pdf|website=Arizona Secretary of State ~ Home Page|publisher=Arizona Secretary of State|access-date=April 11, 2015|page=12|date=November 26, 1990|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150317014021/http://www.azsos.gov/sites/azsos.gov/files/canvass1990ge.pdf|archive-date=March 17, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> Consequently, the state lost the chance to host Super Bowl XXVII, which was subsequently held at the [[Rose Bowl (stadium)|Rose Bowl]] in [[Pasadena, California]].<ref name="TucsonSentinel"/> In a 1992 referendum, the voters, this time given only one option for a paid King Day, approved state-level recognition of the holiday.<ref name="Reingold2000">{{cite book|last=Reingold|first=Beth|title=Representing Women: Sex, Gender, and Legislative Behavior in Arizona and California|url=https://archive.org/details/representingwome0000rein|url-access=registration|access-date=May 4, 2014|year=2000|publisher=Univ of North Carolina Press|isbn=9780807848500|pages=[https://archive.org/details/representingwome0000rein/page/66 66]–}}</ref>

On May 2, 2000, South Carolina governor [[Jim Hodges]] signed a bill to make King's birthday an official state holiday. South Carolina was the last state to recognize the day as a paid holiday for all state employees. Before the bill, employees could choose between celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. Day or one of three [[Confederate holidays]].<ref>[http://www.infoplease.com/spot/mlkhistory1.html The History of Martin Luther King Day] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110704203142/http://www.infoplease.com/spot/mlkhistory1.html |date=July 4, 2011 }}, Infoplease</ref>