The National Civil Rights Museum hosts virtual MLK Day Program
The National Civil Rights Museum hosts virtual MLK Day Program By Chris Luther | January 18, 2021 at 11:59 AM CST - Updated January 18 at 8:29 PM
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) -Monday the National Civil Rights Museum had to get creative in their events celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King Junior’s life and legacy on MLK Day.
Normally the area outside the National Civil Rights Museum would be packed with a full day of events honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Junior.
During the pandemic, the museum instead held its first ever virtual celebration.
With gathering together to celebrate what would be Dr. King’s 92nd birthday out of the question, the National Civil Rights Museum promised their virtual celebration would make viewers feel like they were on this hallowed ground.
WATCH: National Civil Rights Museum hosts virtual celebration for MLK birthday
The National Civil Rights Museum presents King Day: A Virtual Celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Birthday on January 18 via livestream at noon & 6PM.
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FILE- In this Aug. 28, 1963, black-and-white file photo Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. addresses marchers during his I Have a Dream speech at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington. Former South African president Nelson Mandela never met with King but the two fought for the same issues at the same time on two different continents. Mandela said in a 1964 speech that he was prepared to die to see his dream of a society where blacks and whites were equal become reality. King was killed by an assassin s bullet while working for that same dream.(AP Photo/File)
PARADES were cancelled or replaced with online rallies across the United States today as the country marked Martin Luther King Jnr Day amid the ongoing coronavirus crisis.
Events organisers said the federal holiday, which falls on the third Monday in January, was especially important following the year in which Black Lives Matter swept the country and days before a new president replaces Donald Trump, who emboldened white supremacists.
Faith Morris of the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, Tennessee, referenced the Republican fixation with voter suppression, saying: “You can’t help but make the parallels between what Dr King was fighting for and all that we’ve been dealing with now.