If youâ??re 25 years old or younger, you have never lived in a world where Martin Luther Kingâ??s birthday was not a national holiday. If youâ??re over 40, however, you remember how hard many of this nationâ??s federal, state and local elected officials, and your fellow citizens from coast to coast, fought to the bitter end to keep this honor from ever being bestowed.
And if youâ??re in that age group, you also vividly remember Super Bowl XXVII, in January 1993.
The 1993 Super Bowl, won by the Cowboys, will be remembered for a number of reasons, and one reason should be its relevance to Martin Luther King Jr. Day. (AP Photos)
Sure, it was the first of the three Cowboysâ?? championships in four years, the first with Jerry, Jimmy, Emmitt and Troy. It was also the third out of the four-peat of losses by the Bills. But, for the purposes of this particular day, it was memorable because it was played at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena instead of Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, where the NFL had it originally scheduled.
A little over two years earlier, the NFL reversed field and told Arizonans, in essence, if youâ??d rather not honor Dr. King, weâ??d rather not grace you with this event.
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