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Martin Luther King Jr. Day is honored Jan. 18 this year, resulting in a three-day weekend for many students and workers. Here are ways to enjoy and honor the holiday weekend in the Orlando area.
Celebrating King the Activist (Not Just the Dreamer) in Art A digital tribute to the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. joins seven Brooklyn-based artists, and BAM. Laylah Amatullah Barrayn, “Self-Portrait (Extension of a Woman),” from a continuously looping billboard tribute to the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at BAM.Credit...Simbarashe Cha for The New York Times By Seph Rodney Published Jan. 15, 2021Updated March 11, 2021 “Let Freedom Ring” is the title the Brooklyn Academy of Music has given to its public exhibition of images by seven Brooklyn-based artists as part of its 35th Ann...
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Martin Luther King Jr. Day: 9 Ways to Honor His Legacy Marches and parades are on pause this year. But streamed events and exhibitions are still commemorating King’s achievements. The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at the March on Washington in 1963.Credit...Agence France-Presse/Getty Images Published Jan. 14, 2021Updated Jan. 20, 2021 The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, observed this year on Jan. 18, became a national holiday in 1983, 15 years after the death of the civil rights leader. Because the arc of history has a few kinks in it, some states declined to celebrate it until 2000 or a...
MLK commission to feature Dr. Bernice King in its first televised MLK Day of Celebration Jan. 18 Casey Wright and last updated 2020-12-29 12:43:19-05 LANSING, Mich. â Dr. Bernice King will headline the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Commission of Mid-Michiganâs 2021 annual signature event, which will be televised for the first time in its 36-year history. The 2021 MLK Day of Celebration will air on WILX TV 10-NBC, Monday, Jan. 18, 7-8 p.m. EST. King is a global peace activist and youngest daughter of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King. Bernice King was only five years old...