Historical clue formulations

• 1964's Nobel Peace laureate, for short — 2026-02-22
• Activist who was Time's 1963 Man of the Year, familiarly — 2026-01-22
• Famous monogram found backward in the alphabet — 2026-01-17
• First president of the S.C.L.C. — 2025-05-17
• Deliverer of the speech "Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence," for short — 2024-12-18
• "Letter From Birmingham Jail" writer, for short — 2024-05-06
• Subject of D.C.'s Stone of Hope memorial — 2023-03-19
• Annual Jan. honoree — 2023-02-28
• Jan. honoree — 2023-02-23
• Monogram of 1964's Nobel Peace laureate — 2022-12-02
• ___ Day (Jan. observance) — 2022-10-26
• Author of the "Letter From Birmingham Jail," in brief — 2022-06-08
• Reform leader memorialized in the Stone of Hope, for short — 2022-01-18
• Jan. honoree — 2021-08-11
• Subj. of a federal holiday since 1986 — 2020-01-31
• "The fierce urgency of now" speaker, familiarly — 2019-07-26
• Jan. honoree — 2018-12-04
• Jan. honoree — 2018-05-10
• "I have a dream" orator, for short — 2018-03-26
• ___ Day (fed. holiday) — 2017-10-27
• Poor People's Campaign organizer, for short — 2017-07-23
• Jan. inits. — 2017-04-23
• "I have a dream" monogram — 2015-06-29
• January honoree, for short — 2015-05-17
• Symbol of equality, briefly — 2015-02-08
• Reformer from the time of D.D.E. to L.B.J. — 2014-11-23
• U2 song paying tribute to an American icon — 2013-10-09
• ___ Day (third Mon. in January) — 2013-05-20
• Jan. honoree — 2011-07-29
• ___ Day, Jan. celebration — 2010-07-15
• Monogram of 1964's Nobel Peace laureate — 2010-06-24
• Annual honoree: Abbr. — 2008-12-19
• Jan. honoree — 2002-09-01
• National b'day honoree — 2002-05-25
• Annual honoree's inits. — 2001-11-17
• January holiday inits. — 2001-04-12
• Jan. 15 initials — 1997-09-01
• Jan. 15 honoree — 1995-08-20