Juneteenth is the first new federal holiday to be approved since ________.

Juneteenth is the first new federal holiday to be approved since ________.

A Martin Luther King Jr. Day
B Labor Day
C Veterans Day

MLK Day is celebrated to honor the life of Martin Luther King Jr., and to advocate for the equal rights of every American. Legislation to make it a federal holiday was first voted on in 1979 and finally passed and signed into law in 1983. The federal holiday was observed for the first time in 1986.

The correct answer is Martin Luther King Jr. Day.