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Like so many gatherings in recent months, the 36th annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Breakfast went virtual this year to commemorate King s life and legacy. And although attendees couldn t celebrate together in person, this year s speakers urged listeners to honor King s civil rights legacy through imminent action.
The annual breakfast, held Monday morning for King, is regarded as the largest celebration of its kind in the country, with proceeds from the event used to fund scholarships for Morehouse College students and maintain The King Arts Complex on the Near East Side, event organizers said.
This year’s theme, “Now Is The Time,” was based on an excerpt from King s I Have a Dream speech at the Washington, D.C., Civil Rights March in 1963. The adage was highlighted in the event s speeches and performances, emphasizing the pressing need for all people to act now.
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that come in that we cull through each and every day in the last 24 hours. so let s begin tonight in north korea where president kim jong-un marked the second anniversary of his father s death, long time leader kim jong-il. and in typical north korean fashion, you have tens of thousands attending this memorial service where they made sure to applaud and to cheer for their dear leader who just days earlier had his own uncle executed. pope francis celebrating his 77th birthday today with a big cake and some local kids. and then in typical fashion, the people s pope had another celebration that was entirely atypical. had he had this birthday breakfast with a group of homeless men who joined him inside his vatican residence. they had been sleeping on pieces of cardboard outside the vatican gates when one of the pope s staff approached them, invited them inside. the men attended mass with him