He is a great man in many ways. Anyone who listens to his famous “I Have a Dream” speech, can’t help but be moved.
What I especially admire about Dr. King is his advocacy for nonviolent methods of protest. I make the natural association with Gandhi since this too was his approach to injustice
January 16th is often celebrated as the MLK Day of Service, a reflection of his legacy of addressing social problems through collective action.
In the United States, he is memorialized on the third Monday of January every year. Martin Luther King, Jr., Day was first observed as a federal holiday in 1986.