Martin Luther King Jr. Day Live Updates: U.S. Celebrates Legacy As Civil Rights Leaders Take Aim at Voter Reforms
- Civil rights leaders take aim at controversial voting reforms
- Fund to preserve historic Black churches gets $20 million donation
- Political leaders in Georgia to attend special service at MLK's old congregation
- Several states cancel MLK Day parades amid Omicron COVID surge but others go ahead with on-site virus testing
A series of films and documentaries - old and new - are airing on America's biggest TV channels today as part of MLK Day.
The 2018 documentary Rise Up: The Movement That Changed America, which takes a look at the key battles in the civil rights movement, will air on the History Channel at 3pm (ET), while the American Revolution 2 documentary from 1969, which explores police violence at the Democratic convention in Chicago the previous year, will air on TCM at 8pm (ET).
Video: Pandemic force changes for citywide King Day holiday events (WLWT Cincinnati)
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Policing experts aghast at failures in Uvalde gun massacre Cedric Alexander, a former member of President Obama's task force on policing, talks about the main rule for police when engaging and active shooter and shock felt by policing experts at the news of the failure of police in Uvalde, Texas to engage an active shooter in an elementary school.
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Shame almost reaches politicians cozy with the NRA While some Republicans who had been scheduled to speak at the NRA convention just days after the Robb Elementary School gun massacre did cancel their appearances, they did so with scheduling excuses or, in the case of Governor Abbott, with a recorded message on the event's jumbotron instead.
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New gun safety protests planned after shooting tragedy in Texas Ayman Mohyeldin reports on organizing taking place for nationwide protest marches demanding action on gun safety in the wake of the shooting tragedy at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas.
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A documentary on the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. and footage rediscovered decades later - MLK: The Assassination Tapes - will air on the Smithsonian Channel at 8pm (ET).
Box office hit BlacKKKLansman, co-produced by Spike Lee and based on the true story of an African American police officer who infiltrates his local Ku Klux Klan branch, will air on FX at 5pm (ET).
The U.S. is set to celebrate the Martin Luther King Day national holiday with parades, speeches, and services - including a special event at the civil rights leader's old congregations.
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