Memphis King Day comes with cold crowds, hot talk about King’s legacy
Dorothy Jones joins several hundred others as they walk toward the National Civil Rights Museum during the 35th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Birthday Parade Monday, Jan. 20. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian)
Donald Boyd dances outside the National Civil Rights Museum during the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Celebration Monday, Jan. 20. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian)
Hundreds make their way towards the National Civil Rights Museum during the 35th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Birthday Parade Monday, Jan. 20, 2020. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian)
Hundreds make their way towards the National Civil Rights Museum during the 35th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Birthday Parade Monday, Jan. 20, 2020. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian)
Hundreds pray before the 35th annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Parade Monday, Jan. 20. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian)
Thousands gathered outside the National Civil Rights Museum during the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Celebration Monday, Jan. 20. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian)
Hundreds make their way toward the National Civil Rights Museum during the 35th annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Birthday Parade Monday, Jan. 20. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian)
Hundreds make their way toward the National Civil Rights Museum Monday, Jan. 20. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian)
Thousands gathered outside the National Civil Rights Museum during Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Celebration Monday, Jan. 20. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian)
Thousands lined up to tour the National Civil Rights Museum Monday and at a Midtown forum, there was new reaction to Sunday's tour of the museum by Vice President Mike Pence. The reactions 52 years after Dr. Martin Luther King's assassination show his legacy and what it means today remains a volatile topic.
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