Martin Luther King Jr. Gardens Dedication Ceremony

Atlanta’s mayor Kasim Reed defended Lewis and said he wasn’t going to let those tweets ruin his Martin Luther King Jr. holiday.

The city council in Biloxi, Mississippi, voted unanimously on 16 January 2017 to honor the federal holiday known as “Martin Luther King Jr”. Day of all days. She remained by her husband’s side throughout his nearly 13 years as the leader of the modern American Civil Rights Movement, up until his assassination in 1968. Protesters holding signs and taking photos demanded accountability from president-elect Donald Trump and Congress. Demonstrators asked for change in criminal justice, health care, and education.

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“And we’re still on a quest for equality even today“, says Smith. “There are people without a voice and those who don’t have a voice can’t speak. I feel like he would be turning over in his grave right now”, Chadwick Baker said.

“I lost my mind because I remember when they did this Great American Day that was back several years ago, and it was insane then”, said Gwendolyn Beck.

“Where I live, we don’t live with post-traumatic stress”. Now, as their children grow older, they have their own takeaway of what Martin Luther King Jr. means to them. And I said to you as a young men the future leaders of this state the future leader of this nation the future leader of the world we must never ever hate. Another added, “It means we have freedom and peace for a specific reason, and this person is how we got it”.

The litigious protection of the speech didn’t just start with Dr. King’s heirs.

“There’s an incredible amount of energy, and enthusiasm and feeling of camaraderie”, says Todd Bernstein, director of Philadelphia’s MLK Day of Service.