DURHAM, N.C. (WTVD) The first Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend since the pandemic meant a continuation of virtual church services. Faith leaders across the nation shared messages of appreciation like the one delivered by Jay Augustine, senior pastor of St. Joseph AME Church in Durham. It is amazing when we think about how far we have come since March of 1965 when the Bloody Sunday march occurred through August of that year, when the Voting Rights Act was signed into law, he said, and praised Dr. King for pushing America past some of the blatant restrictive laws and customs that denied African Americans access to voting booths.