WASHINGTON, D.C., Amurka – Ranar Martin Luther King Jr., wacce aka sanya a matsayin ranar hutu ta tarayya, za a yi bikin a ranar Litinin, 20 ga Janairu, 2025. Hutu ne na shekara-shekara don tunawa da gwagwarmayar shugaban ‘yancin ɗan adam, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., wanda aka kashe a shekarar 1968.
An fara gabatar da dokar don amincewa da ranar hutu a cikin ‘yan kwanaki bayan kashe Dr. King, amma ya ɗauki shekaru 15 kafin gwamnatin tarayya ta amince da ita. Daga baya, jihohi 50 na Amurka sun amince da ranar hutu a shekarar 2000.
A ranar hutu, ofisoshin gidan waya, bankuna, da kasuwannin hannayen jari za su kasance a rufe. Kamfanin UPS ba zai yi aikin ɗauka da bayarwa ba, yayin da FedEx za su yi aiki da ƙaramin aiki. Duk da haka, shagunan abinci da manyan kantuna za su ci gaba da buɗe a yawancin wurare.
Shugaba Ronald Reagan ne ya sanya hannu kan dokar ranar hutu a ranar 2 ga Nuwamba, 1983, inda ya sanya ranar Litinin ta uku a watan Janairu a matsayin ranar hutu ta tarayya. Hakan ya biyo bayan gwagwarmayar masu fafutukar kare hakkin bil’adama na shekaru da yawa.
“Ranar Martin Luther King Jr. ba kawai ranar hutu ba ce, amma ranar hidima ga al’umma,” in ji wakilin Cibiyar Tarihi da Al’adun Ba’amurke. “Ana ƙarfafa Amurkawa su yi aikin sa kai don inganta al’ummominsu.”
Yayin da yawancin kasuwanni da shaguna suka buɗe, ana ƙarfafa mutane su bincika lokutan aiki na musamman kafin su tafi kasuwa.
