{"id":18830,"date":"2018-01-15T01:32:46","date_gmt":"2018-01-15T09:32:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peewee.com\/?p=18830"},"modified":"2018-01-12T14:34:00","modified_gmt":"2018-01-12T22:34:00","slug":"today-martin-luther-king-jr-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peewee.com\/2018\/01\/15\/today-martin-luther-king-jr-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Today is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Today is Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a federal holiday marking\u00a0the birthday of civil rights leader, Martin Luther King Jr. January 15th would have been his 88th birthday.<\/strong><\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"304\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15968\" src=\"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/martin-luther-king-jr-2-640x304.jpg\" alt=\"martin-luther-king-jr-2-640x304\" \/>\n<p><strong>It&#8217;s\u00a0a great day to (re-)listen to his\u00a0inspiring <a href=\"https:\/\/www.archives.gov\/press\/exhibits\/dream-speech.pdf\">&#8220;I Have a Dream&#8221; speech<\/a>\u00a0which he delivered at\u00a0the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/March_on_Washington_for_Jobs_and_Freedom\">Great March on Washington<\/a> in 1963:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class='flex-video widescreen'><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Martin Luther King, Jr. I Have A Dream Speech\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3vDWWy4CMhE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<blockquote><p>I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: \u201cWe hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Dr. King also once\u00a0said, &#8220;<\/strong><strong>Life&#8217;s most persistent and urgent question is: &#8216;What are you doing for others?&#8221;\u00a0<\/strong>To honor his legacy, many citizens of\u00a0the United States spend the third Monday in January in service by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalservice.gov\/mlkday\">volunteering to an organization<\/a> in need.<\/p>\n<div class='flex-video widescreen'><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"MLK Day Legacy of Service PSA - 60 seconds\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wMhx8HV4Ozo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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