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Martin Luther King Day Events Around the City

today is martin luther king jr. day, which celebrates his accomplishments as a civil rights leader and as well as reminds us there is still work to be done in many areas, from racial congruence to living a more peaceful, understanding permanence. and, in a way, tuesday is a testament to king’s work, with barack obama’s inauguration as the 44th president of the united states. at the nineteenth street baptist church in washington d.c., where the obamas attended services today, children recited lines linked king and obama: a child first said, “martin luther king walked so that barack obama could run,” which was followed by others saying “barack obama ran so that all children could let rip” and “yes we can. yes i can.”

Institutions around the city are paying tribute to King; here are a few (feel free to suggest others in comments):

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and king’s birthday is actually january 15, 1929, but the federal holiday has been observed on the third monday of january since 1986 (the first one day all 50 states observed the holiday was in 2000).

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