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Dexter Scott King, son of Martin Luther King Jr., …

Dexter King, son of the late civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., listens to arguments in the State Court of Criminal Appeals in Jackson, Tenn., Friday, Aug. 29, 1997.

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Service honoring Martin Luther King Jr. to be held at …

Flowers lay in front of the birthplace of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., on Jan. 18, 2021, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Branden Camp, File)

Bob Moses, civil rights pioneer and crusader for math …

In this Feb. 5, 2014 file photo shows Robert "Bob" Moses, a director of the Mississippi Summer Project and organizer for the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) answers questions about Freedom Summer in 1964 during a national youth summit hosted by the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, at the Old Capitol Museum in Jackson, Miss. Moses, a civil rights activist who endured beatings and jail while leading Black voter registration drives in the American South during the 1960s and later helped improve minority education in math, died Sunday, July 25, 2021, in Hollywood, Fla. He was 86. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

Jesse Jackson released from hospital to rehab following …

In this Friday, Jan. 8, 2021 file photo, Rev. Jesse Jackson speaks before receiving the Pfizer's BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at the Roseland Community Hospital in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)

‘Even as we grieved, we grew.’: L.A. native Amanda Gorman …

Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman of L.A. speaks at the inauguration of U.S. President Joe Biden on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 20, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

King Day service in Atlanta calls for nonviolence amid …

Alexis Upshaw, left, holding 2-year-old Ari Upshaw, takes a photo as Ty Upshaw, 7, right, adjusts the mask of his sister, Mila Upshaw, 5, in front of the birthplace of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on Monday, Jan. 18, 2021, the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Branden Camp)

Harris, Biden take break from inaugural prep to honor …

Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, right, and her husband Douglas Emhoff, pack grocery bags for those in need of food while volunteering during the National Day of Service, Monday, Jan. 18, 2021, at Martha's Table in the southeast neighborhood of Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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Thousands gather in D.C. to decry ‘two systems of …

A man stands in the Reflecting Pool as people attend the March on Washington on Aug. 28, 2020, on the 57th anniversary of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have A Dream" speech. (Carolyn Kaster / Associated Press)

57th anniversary of March on Washington reconfigured …

The Rev. Al Sharpton speaks during the funeral for George Floyd at The Fountain of Praise church in Houston on June 9, 2020. (Godofredo A. Vásquez/Houston Chronicle via Associated Press, Pool)

John Lewis celebrated as American Hero, praised by …

Former US President Barack Obama speaks during the funeral of late Representative and Civil Rights leader John Lewis(D-GA) at the State Capitol in Atlanta, Georgia on July 30, 2020. (ALYSSA POINTER/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Rayshard Brooks’ funeral set for Tuesday, will be …

A man kneels at the memorial for Rayshard Brooks on June 14, 2020 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Dustin Chambers/Getty Images)

Joseph Lowery, civil rights leader and MLK aide, …

Barack Obama presents the Medal of Freedom to the Rev. Joseph Lowery during a ceremony at the White House on Aug. 12, 2009 in Washington, D.C. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

National Parks Offer Free Admission Monday in Honor …

The Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial is framed as cherry trees are in full bloom, on April 4, 2019, in Washington, DC. (Credit: Al Drago/Getty Images)

Here’s What’s Open and What’s Closed on Martin Luther …

United States Postal Service (USPS) trucks are parked at a postal facility on August 15, 2019 in Chicago, Illinois. (Credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images)