Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is being honored on Monday with an annual service in Atlanta, as well as many other parades, marches and volunteer opportunities throughout the U.S.
in remembrance of the slain civil rights leader. At 10 a.m. local time, the march will head toward the Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge where attendees will be joined by D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and other civil rights activists.the MLK Day parade is making a return after being put on hold last year amid the COVID-19 pandemic. WWE star Titus O’Neil will serve as the grand marshall of the parade hosting all different types of floats.
At 11 a.m. local time, the Harriet Tubman Center for Social Justice and other groups will host an MLK Day "Caravan for Social Justice," to "reflect the true spirit of Dr. King" at the intersection of Western Avenue and MLK Boulevard. The city of Carson will also present its annual tribute to King with a celebration in the evening featuring songs, dance and inspirational words. Martin Luther King Jr. Day with games and celebrations commemorating his life and legacy.
The annual event is an opportunity for Americans to answer the call famously posed by King, "Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?’" Starting in 1968, the year King was assassinated and less than five years after his famous "I Have a Dream" speech, Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., introduced legislation for a federal holiday to commemorate King. Conyers went on to reintroduce the legislation in every session from 1968 to 1983.
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