On a normal Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Matt Lofy would eat breakfast with more than 350 Westerville community members and Black leaders, and the Triumphant Church of God’s praise choir would sing “Lift Every Voice and Sing.”
But with COVID-19 deaths nearing 10,000 in the state, Lofy, the executive director of Leadership Westerville and member of the Martin Luther King Jr. Legacy Project, will celebrate from home. For the first time in its 16-year history, the organization’s MLK day celebration will be virtual.
The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was born on Jan. 15, 1929. He was a Baptist minister and leader of the civil rights movement, championing justice and equality from the mid-1950s until his death by assassination in 1968. His birth is celebrated each year on the third Monday of January, a federal holiday.
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