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"Across the United States, people of all ages and races came together to honor the life and legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr.\nKing's message of equality, opportunity and nonviolence has endured for the nearly 46 years since he was assassinated at a motel in Memphis, Tenn. The nation honored King on his eponymous holiday Monday, five days after the great civil rights leader would have turned 85.\nSee also: Google Doodle Honors Martin Luther King, Jr.\nOver the past several days, people not only held celebrations and ceremonies in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, but also took a page out of King's book and staged a nonviolent protest.\n\n\nMartin Luther King Jr. Day 2014\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRoses sit in front of the eternal flame at the gravesite of the late Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., as kindergarten students with the Charles R. Drew Charter School pay a visit on Jan. 17, 2014, in Atlanta. \n\nImage: David Goldman/Associated Press\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe memorial statue of Martin Luther King, Jr. in Washington, D.C., on the holiday commemorating what would have been his 85th birthday five days earlier.  \n\nImage: Drew Angerer\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPresident Barack Obama and his daughter Sasha, right, make burritos at DC Central Kitchen as part of a service project in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, on Jan. 20 in Washington, D.C. Also helping were first lady Michelle Obama and daughter Malia Obama. \n\nImage: Jacquelyn Martin/Associated Press\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPeople visit the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial on the National Mall on Jan. 19 in Washington, D.C. On Monday, the United States will honor the birth of civil rights leader Martin Luther King.\n\nImage: BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nElder Cal Murrell reacts to a speaker during commemorative service at Ebenezer Baptist Church on Jan. 20 in Atlanta. The service at the church where King preached featured prayers, songs, music and speakers. \n\nImage: Jason Getz/Associated Press\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAirport workers with @32BJ_SEIU are blocking the 94th St bridge @LGA demanding justice! #MLKDay pic.twitter.com/i7gZc1BSJn\u2014 Jeff Rae (@jeffrae) January 20, 2014\n\n\n\n\n\nWorkers from New York's LaGuardia airport blocked the 94th Street Bridge, which leads to the Queens airport, in a protest for better wages, benefits and to make Martin Luther King Day a paid holiday.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nArrests have begun at airport worker action outside of LaGuardia airport. pic.twitter.com/3FGG0NEhhK\u2014 Jenna Pope (@BatmanWI) January 20, 2014\n\n\n\n\n\nThis photo of the same protest shows several of the airport workers being handcuffed by police.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA group of students from Plantation High School in Florida participating in the Mentoring Tomorrow's Leaders program pose for a photo with the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial on the National Mall on Jan. 19 in Washington, D.C.\n\nImage: BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nConductor Fletcher Wolfe directs the Atlanta Boy Choir and Alumni Men's Choir at a ceremony paying tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr., at the Statehouse on Jan. 17 in Atlanta. \n\nImage: David Goldman/Associated Press\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNorth Carolina NAACP President William Barber (left), interim national NAACP President Lorraine Miller (center), and South Carolina NAACP President Lonnie Randolph (right) march to the South Carolina Statehouse as part of the King Day at the Dome rally on Jan. 20 in Columbia, S.C.\n\nImage: Jeffrey Collins/Associated Press\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNew York City Mayor Bill de Blasio hugs his wife Chirlane McCray at a tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr. in Brooklyn, N.Y. on Jan. 20. de Blasio told a packed audience at the Brooklyn Academy of Music that the \"price of inequality has deepened.\" \n\nImage: Seth Wenig/Associated Press\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA piece at the Boys &amp; Girls Club of Greater Washington's tribute to King at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 19.\n\nImage: Flickr, Elvert Barnes\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHave something to add to this story? Share it in the comments.\nBONUS: 11 Martin Luther King Quotes to Keep the Dream Alive\n\n\nMartin Luther King Quotes\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n1. @NBA\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2. @CoryBooker\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n3. @alanhahn\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n4. @USMC\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n5. @sickjew\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n6. @celiakb\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n7. @cgrand14\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n8. @TWLOHA\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n9. @fatbellybella\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n10. @OccupyChicago\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n11. @mowilkerson\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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