You helped change the world. You certainly changed my world. I have so many opportunities because of your battles.

https://twitter.com/BerniceKing/status/1483229878350721027?t=z18OPhv7VWdmAQ8LJS6YPA&s=19

Fantastic and educational thread

How did Martin Luther King Jr. get his own holiday? And why was it so difficult to convince politicians that he deserved one? Here's a thread on how it all went down: pic.twitter.com/TtPzJsYl2l

— Jeremy Fassler (@J_fassler) January 17, 2022

Each year, in honor of Dr. King, Americans across the country participate in civic, community, and service projects. Today, @FLOTUS and I had the chance to volunteer at Philabundance, a hunger relief organization in Philadelphia.

Find a service project: https://t.co/L9LSdJn2h1. pic.twitter.com/x6sW9CRdSQ

— President Biden (@POTUS) January 16, 2022

I don’t want to see any MLK quotes today from Republicans who tried to overturn 2020 election & throw out millions of Black & Brown votes, passed wave of new voter suppression laws to continue insurrection through other means & now blocking critical voting rights legislation

— Ari Berman (@AriBerman) January 17, 2022

Stevie Wonder feeling the bust of MLK in the Oval Office, 2016. Stevie’s song “Happy Birthday” played a big role in the creation of MLK Day. pic.twitter.com/GBcrx3kTos

— Pete Souza (@PeteSouza) January 17, 2022

The family of Martin Luther King Jr. led a march Monday for voting rights in Washington D.C. organized by Deliver Voting Rights in an effort to call for Senate action on the voting rights bill. pic.twitter.com/totwHHoYtl

— CBS News (@CBSNews) January 17, 2022

This beautiful song was a protest song: