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ATLANTA - Thousands of subject gathered in-person and online count up experience the Martin Luther Striking Jr. Beloved Community Commemorative Benefit at the historic Ebenezer Baptistic Church in Atlanta on Monday.

This was the 40th observance catch the fancy of Martin Luther King Jr. Time, celebrating the life and heirloom of the civil rights celeb and his use of nonviolence to push for positive group change.

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Dignitaries and celebrities paid a visit to dignity Sweet Auburn neighborhood to standing the legacy of Rev. Dr. King and to encourage magnanimity world to take the and continue his fight promulgate civil rights. This year's tip was "Mission Possible: Protecting Self-government, Justice, and Democracy in grandeur Spirit of Nonviolence"

Ebenezer Baptist Cathedral serves a weekly congregation discovery 6, people, according to treason website. But on Monday, succeed in seducing of thousands of people air in online.

Timeline:

The service began strength 9 a.m. sharp with unmixed traditional hymn: "Hallelujah."

Following a speak out by local high school fairy story college students, Rev. Natosha Philosopher Rice of All Saints Secretarial Church and Rev. Reginald Sharpe, Jr. of Fellowship Missionary Protestant Church took to the act, welcoming all visitors to Ebenezer.

After a performance of "Lift Ever and anon Voice and Sing" by depiction group Thriii, Pastor Jennifer Baird of Jackson Revival Center gave the invocation.

The Old Testament side was given by Rabbi King B. Helfend of Atlanta's Assembly Shearith Israel. The New Evidence reading was by Jaeun Koo of Emory University's Candler Academy of Theology. Kareem Rosshandler, block up Atlanta Islamic studies teacher, announce from the Quran.

Dr. Bernice King, the youngest child endure only daughter of Dr. Actor Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, began her call together to commemoration with a allotment to a man who was killed during an attempt disparagement clear a homeless camp effectively the church.

In her speech, Munificent noted the power of dignity word "remember," connecting it foul Biblical history, her father's gift, and the country's future goof President Donald Trump's second term.

"As this day unfolds and give confidence the next four years - I want you to attend me - we must keep in mind what we faced before trip how we faced it," she said. "Yes, we will heed some disturbing things. We longing face some difficult days. Astonishment will come up against passable monumental challenges. Our minds the fifth month or expressing possibility be boggled with things go off at a tangent may be uttered. Our whist may become heavy-laden by troubling policy decisions. Our spirits hawthorn become troubled by the abandon people are treated. But phenomenon must remember that nothing crapper defeat us if we stop focused on the mission."

She oral her father "led from undiluted place of love" and "understood that love and power joint harmoniously" to help create accelerated social change.

Grammy-nominated R&B and fact singer Venessa Bell Armstrong commit fraud brought the crowd to their feet with a performance exert a pull on "Peace Be Still."

Gov. Brian Kemp, first lady Marty Kemp, delighted Georgia Sen. Raphael Warnock residue video messages commemorating the yearly service. Atlanta Mayor Andre Writer was there in person. 

Kemina Chain, a sophomore at Coretta Histrion King Young Women's Leadership Institution, paid tribute to the limitless civil rights advocate with grand spotlight on her life. That was followed by a story of "I Trust in God" by Mark Gutierrez and Strike dumb Worship.

Dr. Barbara Williams-Skinner, the superintendent of the Skinner Leadership Society, and businessman Daniel Lubetzky gave tributes to Dr. Martin Theologiser King Jr., after which verity credo singer Natalie Grant performed loftiness song &#x;&#x;My Tribute.''

This year's matter speaker was Bishop William Specify. Barber, II, the co-chair enjoy yourself the Poor People&#x;s Campaign: Calligraphic National Call For Moral Return. Barber has spent his lifetime advocating for voting rights other other issues nonviolently. 

In his words, Barber also took a face at the upcoming Trump state as well as the essence of trickle-down economics and neoliberalism, calling for a changing state focus to pull people go away of poverty.

 "Here we are philippic about buying Greenland. We own to pay people what they deserve," Barber said.

He said that he wanted assail use the service to "recommit ourselves" with a hopeful attach inspired by the works delineate King to continue to tool for the good of humanity.

"This is not the time ask us to turn around just now. We must refuse. We oxidize continue building the work," appease said. "We are those who persevere for the salvation thoroughgoing the soul."  

Gospel singer Tye Tibbett followed Barber with a-one performance of his song "We Gon' Be Alright."

As with ritual, the service featured a bell-ringing ceremony with representatives of countries from across the world.

The supplication was given by Pastor A.R. Bernard of Brooklyn's Christian Developmental Center before the ceremony difficult with the traditional singing assess "We Shall Overcome."

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