Randall Stephens: Bill Sanders on Ronald Reagan's "Dream," 1986. Reagan had opposed the creation of an MLK federal holiday in 1983. He wrote to an ally that a holiday for MLK was "based on an image, not reality." Reagan also said the public would know more about MLK's communist sympathies "in about 35 years."

Bill Sanders on Ronald Reagan's "Dream," 1986. Reagan had opposed the creation of an MLK federal holiday in 1983. He wrote to an ally that a holiday for MLK was "based on an image, not reality." Reagan also said the public would know more about MLK's communist sympathies "in about 35 years."