MLK Day: How Stevie Wonder’s ‘Happy Birthday’ propelled the movement

As the pop icon who doesn’t seem to age turns 44 today, we are looking back at some of her most iconic hit songs, that still have a reserved spot on our playlist.

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Stevie Wonder celebrated Martin Luther King Jr. Day with a heartfelt video addressed to the late civil rights icon that called on Joe Biden and Kamala Harris to establish a national truth commission.  The musician posted a more-than-four-minute video to his Twitter page on Monday in which he seemed to address his remarks directly to Dr.

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Stevie Wonder on Monday posted an emotional open letter to Martin Luther King Jr. in which he said he was using the holiday to call on the Biden-Harris Administration to launch a truth commission on inequality in America.

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris did some good deeds on Martin Luther King Jr. Day!

NEW YORK -- Stevie Wonder, whose advocacy helped make the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday a national holiday, is urging the incoming Biden administration to form a national commission on equality.Wonder released a video message Monday in the form of an open letter to King, who was assassinated in 1968 and whose birthday was made a federal holiday late in 1983.

Stevie Wonder has shared an open letter on Martin Luther King Jr day (January 18) in which he urges the incoming Joe Biden administration to launch a commission on inequality.The singer shone light on racial issues on MLK day today (a federal holiday that marks the late civil rights activist’s birthday) by making an emotional speech in a four-minute video.In the clip Wonder reminisces about meeting Dr King when he was 14 years old, hailing him a “true hero and inspiration”.But the musician says

Stevie Wonder is using Martin Luther King Jr. Day as an opportunity to highlight the lack of progression around racial inequality in the U.S. 

Black Lives Matter movement, celebrities decided to honor the late Dr. King's inspiring legacy by posting messages to social media. Some stars like Russell Wilson, Michael Strahan and more shared quotes from the noted speaker, while others were inspired to act based on his teachings. Stevie Wonder shared a powerful, musical message to Dr.

The co-hosts on The View came together on the January 18 episode of their daytime talk show to commemorate Martin Luther King Jr. Day. For her part, Meghan McCain not only shared what she had learned over the course of the last year, but expressed so much gratitude to her friend and co-host, Sunny Hostin. “On a very personal level, I have really been deeply grateful for the conversations we have had on this show…I particularly want to thank my co-host, Sunny.”

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via Instagram, where he has 1.8 million followers.Footage of historic moments in the civil rights movement of the ’60s, such as the march over Edmund Pettis Bridge in Selma, Alabama, take the screen as King’s most inspiring words can be heard through Freeman’s legendary baritone narration. “The Shawshank Redemption” actor had his own statement to make ahead of the tribute.

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Morgan Freeman will commemorate Martin Luther King Jr Day tomorrow with a series of 12 videos that will begin playing hourly on Freeman’s Instagram page, at 8 AM Eastern time. Each video recalls Dr. King’s words, most of which have much to say about life in current  difficult times as they did when he said them back in the ‘60s.

A Promised Land, to and two daughters, . "I’m reminded constantly that there’s no place in the world I’d rather be than with Miche and our girls—and it’s why I’ve dedicated my memoir to them,” he wrote in a touching Instagram tribute.In the post, Barack Obama reflected on his time as a dad with his position in the White House.

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