Phoenix Suns guard Bradley Beal is hopeful he’ll play in Monday’s game on Martin Luther King Jr. Day against the Cleveland Cavaliers after missing last two games with left ankle sprain. “As long as I can move like Brad,

King’s language lives most durably, of course, in his “I Have a Dream” speech, recited so routinely each Martin Luther King Day that it’s become something of a civic liturgy, the words sometimes mouthed without real awareness or reflection.

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"While others were advocating for freedom by 'any means necessary,' including violence, Martin Luther King Jr. used the power of words and acts of nonviolent resistance, such as protests, grassroots organizing, and civil disobedience to achieve seemingly impossible goals," according to The King Center.

Callies' father, Reverend Raymond A. Callies, Sr., is credited with starting the Martin Luther King Jr. Day March in San Antonio that draws hundreds of thousands of people to the East Side today.

Texas officially recognized MLK Day in 1991. Today, it remains the only federal holiday designated as a national day of service.

Detroiters like Stevie Wonder and John Conyers were instrumental in making Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday a federal holiday.

Professional basketball has long evoked the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Bill Russell stood with the civil rights leader during the March on Washington, while Oscar Robertson helped organize a memorial game for King’s Southern Christian Leadership Conference in the wake of his assassination.

Local church leaders and civil rights activists honor Martin Luther King Jr. while looking to the community for future change.

But this year, America faces a profound and painful contradiction: As we mark the MLK holiday, a white supremacist will retake the highest office in the land, poised to inflict more hurt and harm on the vibrant yet vulnerable communities I was elected to represent.

In his Suns debut, center Nick Richards made quite the impression with a 20+ point and 10+ rebound double-double.