Communities across the United States celebrated Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday with acts of service, prayer services and parades.
But with the November presidential election as a backdrop, some events took on an overtly political turn.
Dr. Bernice A. King, daughter of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., looks on at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta during an annual service in honour of the life of the civil rights icon. He would have turned 95 on Monday. (Paras Griffin/Getty Images)
In King’s hometown of Atlanta, several speakers at the 56th annual commemorative service at the historic Ebenezer Baptist Church, where
