By Lexa Sorto
Chronicle Reporter
These past few years , January 15 is seen just as a day of from school. With today’s events, it’s important to look as this day as more of honor than a holiday. We honor a man who fought for Civil Rights and believed that all, regardless of skin color can join as one.
Known for his famous speech, I have a Dream he was able to preach for freedom and eventually received the Nobel Peace Prize of 1964. Four years later, he was assassinated.
http://abcnews.go.com/Archives/video/april-1968-martin-luther-king-jr-assassinated-9574376
Now you may be wondering how we celebrate and honor MLK today in 2018. Here are 2 ways we did.
Google honored MLK by having it’s google doodle depicting a young girl empowered and focused on MLK’s speech.
http://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vDWWy4CMhE
2. Spotify
Today Spotify created the playlist “We Shall Overcome. Not only does it have parts of his speeches but it also has other influential people like ….
- Oprah’s Time’s Up Speech
http://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fN5HV79_8B8
2. Jay -Z
http://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V27fPhjBtjo
3. Nina Simone
http://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3jiFbOMr8E
4. The Beatles
http://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9l5L34VqzlU
and countless more.
Today, let’s focus on the people who made an impact for the people of color, not sales and a day off from school.