AAron Ontiveroz, The Denver PostRuben Williams sheds a tear as he listens to a singer during the 32nd annual Martin Luther King Day celebration at City Park on Monday, Jan. 15, 2018.
Saoudatou Dia (L) and her daughter Aminah (R) visit the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial on Martin Luther King Day Jan. 15, 2018 in Washington DC. Martin Luther King Jr. would have been 88 years old today.
Front row from left Rahiym Muhammad, 13, Shahiyd Muhammad, 12, Taahairah Muhammad, 18, Norma Scott, 16 and Jaleena Scott, 14 march with the United Neighborhood Center during a Martin Luther King Jr. Day march in Scranton Pa., on Monday, Jan. 15, 2018.
Zelle Bambridge-Maurer of Loveland, 5, dances to the song "Nadine" played by The Top Frog Music Group performance of "A Musical Story of Racism, Reconsiliation, and the Blues in America" as part of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Community Celebration Monday, Jan. 15, 2018, at Mountain View High School in Loveland. Zelle is learning to play the fiddle and has loved the blues her whole life.
Eternity Wright, 3, waves an American flag during the Martin Luther King Jr. parade on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day in Dallas on Monday, Jan. 15, 2018. (Rose Baca/The Dallas Morning News via AP)
Franklin McCallie, left, and Cary Garrett hold up signs in front of the Bessie Smith Cultural Center after a memorial parade and march Monday, Jan. 15, 2018, in Chattanooga, Tenn. The memorial parade and march was part of the Unity Group of Chattanooga's annual Martin Luther King Jr. Week celebration.
Marchers celebrate the life of civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr. during the annual march Monday, Jan. 15, 2018, in downtown Abilene, Texas. At least 200 adults, children and others of diverse backgrounds. (Ronald W. Erdrich/The Abilene Reporter-News via AP)
Timothy A. Clary, AFP/Getty ImagesKamarii Wickenson age 6, along with other protestors gather on Martin Luther King Jr. Day during a demonstration in Times Square called Rally Against Racism: Stand Up for Haiti and Africa in New York January 15, 2018. Americans remembered civil rights hero Martin Luther King on his holiday Monday, a day after US President Donald Trump vehemently denied he is a racist amid an uproar over a reported presidential slur. / AFP PHOTO / TIMOTHY A. CLARYTIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images
A marching band parades down Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. during the 33rd Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade in Los Angeles on Monday, Jan. 15, 2018. Thousands of people lined the streets of South Los Angeles to for a Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade that is among the nation's biggest celebrations of the holiday.
Dwight Marshall, a student at Wilder's Preparatory Academy Charter School in Inglewood awaits the start of the 33rd annual Kingdom Day Parade honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Jan. 15, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. The theme of this year's parade is ``When They Go Low, We Go High,'' inspired by a speech by former First Lady Michelle Obama at the 2016 Democratic National Convention.
BEST 3. Lafayette Mayor Pro Tem Gusavo Reyna, at center, holds a sign as The Reminders perform on stage during a Martin Luther King Jr. celebration at Angevine Middle School on Monday in Lafayette. For more photos of the celebration go to www.dailycamera.com Jeremy Papasso/ Staff Photographer 01/15/2018
IMAGE DISTRIBUTED FOR MACY'S - Macy's CEO, Jeff Gennette and volunteers serve breakfast in the church soup kitchen in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. for a Day of Service in partnership with Macy's and New York Urban League Young Professionals at Cathedral of St. John the Divine on Monday, Jan. 15, 2018 in Harlem, NY.
A sign is seen posted in a window near a large crowd gathered for a march in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day in Oakland, California on Jan. 15, 2018.
A dancer participates during the 33rd Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade in Los Angeles on Monday, Jan. 15, 2018. Thousands of people lined the streets of South Los Angeles to for a Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade that is among the nation's biggest celebrations of the holiday.
Hundreds of people, many of them Haitian, demonstrate against racism in Times Square on Martin Luther King (MLK) Day on Jan. 15, 2018 in New York City. Across the country activists, politicians and citizens alike are reacting to recent comments made by President Donald Trump that appeared to denigrate both Haiti and African nations during a meeting on immigration.
John McWilliams holds his daughter, Anna Elizabeth, 4, during the Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church Martin Luther King Jr. birthday service on Monday, Jan. 15, 2018, in Montgomery, Ala. (Albert Cesare/The Montgomery Advertiser via AP)
People wait for the Martin Luther King, Jr. annual commemorative service to begin at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta on Monday, Jan. 15, 2018.
C.B. Schmelter/Chattanooga Times Free Press via APMembers of the Howard School marching band walk past a mural of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. while lining up for a memorial parade and march Monday, Jan. 15, 2018, in Chattanooga, Tenn. The memorial parade and march was part of the Unity Group of Chattanooga's annual Martin Luther King Jr. Week celebration.
Qeristin Warnick, left, and her sister Makayla look at the program with their grand father Councilman Sam Davis during the Martin Luther King, Jr. annual commemorative service at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta on Monday, Jan. 15, 2018. (Phil Skinner/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)
Members of the Jones High School marching band from Orlando, Fla., perform in the 29th annual City of Tampa Martin Luther King Day Parade on Monday, Jan. 15, 2018, in Tampa, Fla. The two-mile parade route started at Cuscaden Park and ended at Middleton High School in East Tampa. The parade included floats, cars, trucks, walking units and bands. (Alessandra Da Pra/Tampa Bay Times via AP)
Bryce Bonnet, 8, from Lafayette, La., joins hundreds of others in marching from the University of Texas campus to the state Capitol in celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday, Jan. 15, 2018.
Chris Pizzello, Invision/APHost Anthony Anderson speaks as Martin Luther King Jr. appears onscreen at the 49th annual NAACP Image Awards at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium on Monday, Jan. 15, 2018, in Pasadena, Calif.
Spencer Platt, Getty ImagesHundreds of people, many of them Haitian, demonstrate against racism in Times Square on Martin Luther King (MLK) Day on Jan. 15, 2018 in New York City. Across the country activists, politicians and citizens alike are reacting to recent comments made by President Donald Trump that appeared to denigrate both Haiti and African nations during a meeting on immigration.
AAron Ontiveroz, The Denver PostJzunie Jones marches with the Take Flight Leadership Aviation group during the 32nd annual Martin Luther King Day celebration on Monday, Jan. 15, 2018.
Spencer Platt, Getty ImagesHundreds of people, many of them Haitian, demonstrate against racism in Times Square on Martin Luther King (MLK) Day on Jan. 15, 2018 in New York City. Across the country activists, politicians and citizens alike are reacting to recent comments made by President Donald Trump that appeared to denigrate both Haiti and African nations during a meeting on immigration.
Spencer Platt, Getty ImagesHundreds of people, many of them Haitian, demonstrate against racism in Times Square on Martin Luther King (MLK) Day on Jan. 15, 2018 in New York City. Across the country activists, politicians and citizens alike are reacting to recent comments made by President Donald Trump that appeared to denigrate both Haiti and African nations during a meeting on immigration.
Spencer Platt, Getty ImagesNEW YORK, NY - JANUARY 15: Hundreds of people, many of them Haitian, demonstrate against racism in Times Square on Martin Luther King (MLK) Day on January 15, 2018 in New York City. Across the country activists, politicians and citizens alike are reacting to recent comments made by President Donald Trump that appeared to denigrate both Haiti and African nations during a meeting on immigration. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Pablo Martinez Monsivais, The Associated PressMartin Luther King III, right, holds hands with his wife Arndrea Waters, center, and their daughter Yolanda, 9, during their visit to the Martin Luther King Jr., Memorial on the National Mall in Washington, Monday, Jan. 15, 2018. The son of the late U.S. civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr., and his family had earlier participated in an event commemorating the life and legacy of his father.
Brendan Smialowski, AFP/Getty ImagesPeople visit the Martin Luther King Memorial on the National Mall Jan. 15, 2018 in Washington, DC.
Timothy A. Clary, AFP/Getty ImagesProtestor Pierre Gabriel from Haiti carries flags during a march on Martin Luther King Jr. Day in Times Square, called Rally Against Racism: Stand Up for Haiti and Africa in New York January 15, 2018. Americans remembered civil rights hero Martin Luther King on his holiday Monday, a day after US President Donald Trump vehemently denied he is a racist amid an uproar over a reported presidential slur. / AFP PHOTO / TIMOTHY A. CLARYTIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images
Jason Connolly, AFP/Getty ImagesChris Martino, center, of Phi Beta Sigma yells a fraternity role call while marching in the 32nd Annual Martin Luther King, Jr., "Marade" in Denver on Jan. 15, 2018.
Volunteer Deonna Cley, 18, of Tampa, Fla., hangs out in front of the Buffalo Soldiers float before the beginning of the 29th annual City of Tampa Martin Luther King Day Parade on Monday, Jan. 15, 2018, in Tampa. The two-mile parade route started at Cuscaden Park and ended at Middleton High School in East Tampa. The parade included floats, cars, trucks, walking units and bands.
Best1 From left: Silver Creek High School principal Erick Finnestead, Second Baptist Church community outreach director Richard Geaither, and keynote speaker Rodney K. Strong join hands while singing "We Shall Overcome" at the conclusion of the annual Martin Luther King Day celebration at Silver Creek High School Monday. To view more photos and a video visit timescall.com. Lewis Geyer/Staff Photographer Jan. 15, 2018
AAron Ontiveroz, The Denver PostGeorge Copeland rocks a first pick in his afro during the 32nd annual Martin Luther King Day celebration at City Park on Monday, Jan. 15, 2018.
Timothy A. Clary, AFP/Getty ImagesProtesters carry signs during a march on Martin Luther King Jr. Day in Times Square, called Rally Against Racism: Stand Up for Haiti and Africa in New York January 15, 2018. Americans remembered civil rights hero Martin Luther King on his holiday Monday, a day after US President Donald Trump vehemently denied he is a racist amid an uproar over a reported presidential slur. / AFP PHOTO / TIMOTHY A. CLARYTIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images
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