Soledad O’Brien, keynote speaker at the Minneapolis breakfast event, noted ‘…the work of bringing change … is never easy.’

MLK III, who is the chairman of the Drum Major Institute, rebuked the recent escalations by ICE and Homeland Security Investigations officers, who have surged into Minneapolis by the thousands and have also been sent to cities like Chicago, Los Angeles, and Houston.

On a cold and windy Martin Luther King Jr. Day, hundreds of people marched through Center City to protest the actions of U.S Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Organizers and marchers alike decried an ICE officer killing Renee Good in Minnesota, as well as the deaths of people in ICE custody since 2025.

As the civil rights protests of the 1960s spread across America, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. joined Meet the Press to urge his supporters to commit to nonviolent resistance.

In the year since Donald Trump’s second inauguration fell on King Day, the Republican president has gone scorched earth against diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives

From San Francisco to Richmond, marches, vigils and service events reflect growing concern over federal enforcement and LGBTQ+ rights.

Cancellation of the dinner follows other widespread changes after President Donald Trump and Gov. Mike Braun ended many DEI policies in government and public institutions.

Alveda King, an evangelist and niece of the late Rev Martin Luther King Jr , told The Christian Post that her uncle s legacy was founded on the biblical principle of servant leadership and that he