It isn t the same : Cities host muted MLK Day celebrations after year of loss for many Black Americans Marc Ramirez, USA TODAY
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This year, the campus of the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, Tennessee, will be eerily empty on Martin Luther King Jr. Day: Gone will be the children and families enjoying the day’s activities – as many as 12,000 visitors on a good-weather day – and the crowds donating food or giving blood.
“With the pandemic, it’s hard to do that,” said Faith Morris, chief marketing and external affairs officer for the museum, which is marking the holiday online. “We will try to give those feelings virtually, but it’s not lost on us that it does in some form take away from the sentiment of the movement.”
Pence is helping Biden make the transition more normal - but their cooperation has risks for each
Annie Linskey, The Washington Post
Jan. 17, 2021
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Vice President Mike Pence, presiding over Congress s affirmation of the election results on Jan. 6, passes a document to a staffer.Washington Post photo by Bill O Leary
When Vice President Mike Pence takes his seat near Joe Biden at the inauguration on Wednesday, he will be symbolically turning his back on President Donald Trump s baseless assertion of a stolen election and creating the powerful image of a peaceful transfer of power - an image his boss has sought to upend.
Joe Biden nominates Indian American to key State Department position Updated Jan 17, 2021 | 08:07 IST
Uzra Zeya served as CEO and President of the Alliance for Peacebuilding, where she drew on over two decades of diplomatic experience in Near East, South Asian, European, human rights, and multilateral affairs. Uzra Zeya I @UzraZeya | Photo Credit: Twitter
Washington: US President-elect Joe Biden on Saturday nominated an Indian-American diplomat, who had quit the foreign service in 2018 in protest against the policies of President Donald Trump, to a key State Department position.
Uzra Zeya has been nominated to be Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights, according to key nominations for the Department of State announced by Biden.