<div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail-_OKe"><div class="gmail-kp-header"><div class="gmail-kp-hc" style="margin-bottom:0px;padding-top:12px;padding-bottom:12px;display:inline-block;width:632px"><div class="gmail-_tN gmail-_IWg gmail-_HWg gmail-mod" style="clear:none;padding-top:0px;border-radius:2px"><div class="gmail-_fdf gmail-_odf" style="padding-left:16px;padding-right:16px;margin-top:0px"><div class="gmail-_Q1n" style="font-family:Roboto,arial,sans-serif"><div class="gmail-kno-ecr-pt gmail-kno-fb-ctx" style="color:rgba(0,0,0,0.87);line-height:1.2;overflow:hidden;display:inline;font-size:30px;word-wrap:break-word"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:17.5px">"Reinvigorated by the President's support, King's widow, Coretta, testified before joint hearings of Congress and organized a nationwide lobby to support the bill. Yet in November 1979, Conyers' King-holiday bill was defeated in the House by just five votes. Coretta continued her fight for approval of a national holiday, testifying before Congress several more times and mobilizing governors, mayors and city council members across the nation to make the passage of a King-holiday bill part of their agenda.<span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,0)"> Singer Stevie Wonder became a prominent proponent and released the song </span></span><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,0)"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rszcDrVeu3Q&feature=related" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);text-decoration-line:none;font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:17.5px">"Happy Birthday"</a><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:17.5px"> in 1980 — it became a rallying cry. He and Coretta went on to present a second petition to Congress, this one containing 6 million signatures of support. Their work finally paid off when the House passed the bill with a vote of 338 to 90."</span></span><br></div></div><div class="gmail-_Q1n" style="font-family:Roboto,arial,sans-serif"><div class="gmail-kno-ecr-pt gmail-kno-fb-ctx" style="color:rgba(0,0,0,0.87);line-height:1.2;overflow:hidden;display:inline;font-size:30px;word-wrap:break-word"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:17.5px"><br></span></div></div><div class="gmail-_Q1n"><div class="gmail-kno-ecr-pt gmail-kno-fb-ctx" style="line-height:1.2;overflow:hidden;display:inline;word-wrap:break-word"><font color="rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.870588235294118)" face="Roboto, arial, sans-serif"><a href="http://content.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1872501,00.html">http://content.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1872501,00.html</a></font><br></div></div><div class="gmail-_Q1n" style="font-family:Roboto,arial,sans-serif"><div class="gmail-kno-ecr-pt gmail-kno-fb-ctx" style="color:rgba(0,0,0,0.87);line-height:1.2;overflow:hidden;display:inline;font-size:30px;word-wrap:break-word"><br></div></div><div class="gmail-_Q1n" style="font-family:Roboto,arial,sans-serif"><div class="gmail-kno-ecr-pt gmail-kno-fb-ctx" style="color:rgba(0,0,0,0.87);line-height:1.2;overflow:hidden;display:inline;font-size:30px;word-wrap:break-word"><br></div></div><div class="gmail-_Q1n" style="font-family:Roboto,arial,sans-serif"><div class="gmail-kno-ecr-pt gmail-kno-fb-ctx" style="color:rgba(0,0,0,0.87);line-height:1.2;overflow:hidden;display:inline;font-size:30px;word-wrap:break-word"><br></div></div><div class="gmail-_Q1n" style="font-family:Roboto,arial,sans-serif"><div class="gmail-kno-ecr-pt gmail-kno-fb-ctx" style="color:rgba(0,0,0,0.87);line-height:1.2;overflow:hidden;display:inline;font-size:30px;word-wrap:break-word"><br></div></div><div class="gmail-_Q1n" style="font-family:Roboto,arial,sans-serif"><div class="gmail-kno-ecr-pt gmail-kno-fb-ctx" style="color:rgba(0,0,0,0.87);line-height:1.2;overflow:hidden;display:inline;font-size:30px;word-wrap:break-word"><br></div></div><div class="gmail-_Q1n" style="font-family:Roboto,arial,sans-serif"><div class="gmail-kno-ecr-pt gmail-kno-fb-ctx" style="color:rgba(0,0,0,0.87);line-height:1.2;overflow:hidden;display:inline;font-size:30px;word-wrap:break-word">Happy Birthday</div><div class="gmail-_gdf gmail-kno-fb-ctx" style="color:rgb(119,119,119);margin:4px 0px;overflow:hidden"><span><a href="https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1NDCM_enUS702US702&q=Stevie+Wonder&stick=H4sIAAAAAAAAAONgVuLUz9U3MDSqMCkBACUy5lsNAAAA&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi7srSK0sDYAhWJ6IMKHUv2B3wQMQgsMAA" style="color:rgb(102,0,153);text-decoration-line:none">Stevie Wonder</a></span></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail-_G1d gmail-_wle gmail-_xle" style="font-family:Roboto,arial,sans-serif;border-top:1px solid rgb(235,235,235)"><div class="gmail-_RBg"><div class="gmail-_tN gmail-_Gtj gmail-_Wtj gmail-mod" style="clear:none;padding-top:0px;border-radius:2px;padding-bottom:16px"><div class="gmail-_ARr" style="padding-left:16px;padding-right:16px"><div class="gmail-_UZe gmail-kno-fb-ctx" style="margin-top:4px"></div><div class="gmail-_UZe gmail-kno-fb-ct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