Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day! Check out how the city is celebrating:
Several events are planned on Monday to honor the man who led the civil rights movement of the 1960s.
Festivities to mark Martin Luther King Jr. Day will begin at 8 a.m. with the All People’s Breakfast at the Cornerstone Arts Center at Colorado College, near the intersection of Cache la Poudre Street and Cascade Avenue.
The event, which is $7, will feature a speech by Rosemary Harris Lytle, president of the Colorado Springs branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
It is one of several events to honor King, who led the civil rights movement and gave his iconic “I Have a Dream” speech in 1963. He was assassinated five years later in Memphis, Tenn.
Two presentations — one titled “Martin Luther King’s Vision” and another called “Race: The Power of an Illusion Episode Three: The House We Live In” — will be held beginning at 2 p.m. at the Butler Center, 1001 N. Nevada Ave.
An art exhibit titled “Gandi, King and Ikeda” will run through Friday at Colorado College’s Worner Campus Center, 902 N. Nevada Ave.
Government offices and libraries are closed today, as are many schools, banks and credit unions.
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