ATLANTA (AP) – The King Center in Atlanta is celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Martin Luther King Jr. federal holiday at Ebenezer Baptist Church.
The commemorative service caps more than a week of events meant to celebrate the slain civil rights icon’s legacy. The overarching theme of this year’s celebration is “Remember! Celebrate! Act! King’s Legacy of Freedom for Our World.”
King’s daughter, the Rev. Bernice King, says the theme of freedom is especially meaningful this year, because it is the 50th anniversary of her father going to Chicago to highlight the need for open and fair housing. King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in January 1966 announced plans for the Chicago Freedom Movement.
The Rev. William Barber II, president of the NAACP in North Carolina, is set to deliver the keynote address.
