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The New York State Martin Luther King, Jr. Commission was established by Laws of 1985, Ch. 811, making New York the first, and ultimately the only state in the nation to create a full-time, permanent commission commemorating King. The commission was created to develop, promote, coordinate, and review plans and activities statewide for the annual commemoration and celebration of the birthday of Dr. King. In 1986, the commission, as part of its mission of addressing issues of prejudice and discrimination, and providing systematic training and education in methods of nonviolent social change, proposed the creation of an institute for nonviolence. Legislation creating the New York State Martin Luther King Jr. Institute for Nonviolence, a public-benefit not for profit corporation was signed into law by Governor Mario Cuomo in 1988.
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