Nation Observes 35th Anniversary Of Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Today marks the 35th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, but as CBS2's Cindy Hsu reports, it took nearly 20 years after Dr. King's assassination to observe the first holiday.
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Today marks the 35th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, but as CBS2's Cindy Hsu reports, it took nearly 20 years after Dr. King's assassination to observe the first holiday.
Groups and organizations from across the Tri-State Area worked together in service Monday as Dr. King would have wanted them to.
As the city and nation celebrate the life and legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. many are marking the occasion with a day of service.
MLK Day is celebrated on the third Monday in January and this year, it happens to fall on the Nobel Peace Prize winner's actual birthday.
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Hundreds of people packed into the Riverside Church Monday evening, as comedian Chris Rock, actor Michael B. Jordan and others performed historic speeches in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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As the nation gets ready to celebrate Martin Luther King Day on Monday, volunteers in Brooklyn honored Martin Luther King Jr., a few days early.
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In the spirit of that message a number of volunteer events were planned for Monday. Volunteers will be able to participate in a number of cleaning and maintenance projects at city recreation centers around the five boroughs.
President Barack Obama is claiming his place in Martin Luther King's 50-year-old dream, holding himself up as a symbol of the change King envisioned. But he also pointed to the nation's lingering economic disparities as evidence that King's hopes remain unfulfilled.
Amid a handful of allegations that threaten to mar his reputation in the Senate, Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., continues to maintain his innocence, decrying the accusations as right-wing attempts to "destroy" his career and invoking the words of Martin Luther King Jr. in asserting his faith that justice will win out.
Americans across the country are honoring the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr., on Monday.
To mark the 25th anniversary of King's birthday becoming a federal holiday, services, ceremonies and parades were held Monday.
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