More than 1,500 people gathered at the Greater Columbus Convention Center to mark the resumption of the in-person Martin Luther King Jr. breakfast.
was remembered on Monday with music, dance and words in what marked the return of the annual in-person breakfast celebration of the civil rights leader following the pandemic.
"As we honor Martin Luther King Jr. today, we affirm democracy, responsible freedom, valuing diversity and realizing everybody’s great spiritual magnitude," Carter said. His approach of love and peace became models used to advance women's rights, gay rights and the environmental movement, Carter said.
Throughout his travels, King was booed, jailed, accused of crimes, egged, choked and attacked, Carter said. The FBI hounded him, bugging his telephone and his hotel, spread gossip about him and tried to get him to kill himself."King did not have enemies," Carter said."He had misguided friends."
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