Martin Luther King Jr. Day
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| Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. speaks in front of the United Nations during a peace parade in New York on April 15, 1967. (Photo: AP Wide World) |
January 16, 2006
Monday, January 16, is Martin Luther King Jr. Day. King was a Baptist minister and a leader of the civil rights movement, a struggle to grant Americans the same rights, regardless of their color. Thousands will participate in the Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service in his honor.
Martin Luther King Jr. Day is "a day ON, not a day OFF," says the Corporation for National Community and Service.
King used nonviolent techniques like boycotts, marches, and sit-ins to achieve his goals. At the age of 35, he became the youngest man to ever win the Nobel Peace Prize. He donated his prize money to further the civil rights movement. To remember and continue these teachings, people all across the country will get involved in community service projects.
At Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, 45 students will plant trees in the Martin Luther King Historic District of Atlanta. In Sacramento, California, 1,000 volunteers will take on repairs, cleaning, painting, landscaping, and sorting donations. New Yorkers will participate in the Martin Luther King Serve-A-Thon, volunteering at food pantries and soup kitchens throughout the city. "Everybody can be great, because everybody can serve," King once said.
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