In conjunction with Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Scott said he recently held constituent focus groups on topics like generational wealth would refocus a fraught national conversation on race. But he also took the opportunity to criticize Biden’s recent speeches on voting rights.

Last week in Atlanta, Biden likened the wrongs of 1960s-era civil rights battles to modern-day election subversion efforts, including GOP-backed laws passed after President Donald Trump lost reelection in 2020 - something Scott claims is “misleading”.

Most, it appears, are not, with Costco maintaining its daily hours from 10am to 6pm or 8.30pm today. Similarly, retail giants Walmart and Target are keeping most of their stores open today.

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The Greater Fort Worth Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Committee Inc. said the decision was taken with “great remorse” but that the legacy of MLK “compels us to act in our community’s best interest”.

Those organizing events around the National Holiday say that despite many not going ahead, people should see it as “not a day off, but a day on”. Smaller events such as clothing drives are still going ahead in communities across the U.S. - many with free pop-up COVID testing and vaccination sites.

Now, the granddaughter of King and his wife, Coretta Scott King, Yolanda is calling to attention the importance of voting rights and urging young people to get involved in the issue.

The “March Through Time” in-game event, developed partly by TIME Studios in collaboration with members of the Fortnite community, takes users to a museum-like environment through various landmarks, features both the Washington Monument and the Lincoln Memorial itself.

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The $20 million will be used as seed funding to help congregations across the U.S. - including St. James AME church in Mayfield, Kentucky, where the recent tornado killed more than 20 people.

The Rev. Ralph Johnson, presiding elder of a church district that includes the congregation, said that Black churches served a vital role after the civil war ended, with many set up shortly after slaves were freed.

Celebrating the decision, fund director Brent Leggs said today that the money will be “helping historic churches tell their own stories”.

On what would be his 93rd birthday today, Newsweek has compiled some of the most inspirational quotes from his speeches.

The King Center in Atlanta said the 10am (ET) service later will be broadcast live on Atlanta’s Fox TV affiliate and on Facebook and YouTube. The Rev. Natosha Reid Rice and Pastor Sam Collier will preside over the service, while Rev. Michael Bruce Curry - presiding bishop and primate of The Episcopal Church - will make a keynote speech.

Musical performances are also planned, including Keke Wyatt, Tasha Cobbs Leonard, Pastor Mike Jr., Le’Andria Johnson, and Emanne Beasha. The Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday March and Rally is also planned for Monday afternoon in downtown Atlanta, scheduled to end in front of The King Center.

The 2018 documentary Rise Up: The Movement That Changed America, which takes a look at the key battles in the civil rights movement, will air on the History Channel at 3pm (ET), while the American Revolution 2 documentary from 1969, which explores police violence at the Democratic convention in Chicago the previous year, will air on TCM at 8pm (ET).

A documentary on the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. and footage rediscovered decades later - MLK: The Assassination Tapes - will air on the Smithsonian Channel at 8pm (ET).

Box office hit BlacKKKLansman, co-produced by Spike Lee and based on the true story of an African American police officer who infiltrates his local Ku Klux Klan branch, will air on FX at 5pm (ET).

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