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5 Meaningful Ways to Commemorate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on MLK Day 2025

With MLK Day sharing the glory with the 2025 Inauguration I wanted to ensure I took intentional time to reflect on what MLK Day meant to me.


When we think about Civil Rights Leaders we must include Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. As children we read books, watch plays and hear quotes of profound terminology Dr. King utilized to speak truth over segregation. He empowered a people who was severely misused, misguided and unjustified in horrific abuse and murder simply due to the color of their skin.


I have a book titled "King: A Life" by Jonathan Eig which is a biography about Dr. King written much more like a story than a documentary. The book is 688 pages; however, it is so casually written it is an easy read. I will be using the next few days to sit in it and reflect on who Dr. King was and what made him so devout in his fight for justice.




A contemplative portrait of Martin Luther King Jr. in Montgomery, 1956, is presented alongside an engaging narrative from Jonathan Eig's "King: A Life," detailing King's important journey from the March on Washington to the White House.
A contemplative portrait of Martin Luther King Jr. in Montgomery, 1956, is presented alongside an engaging narrative from Jonathan Eig's "King: A Life," detailing King's important journey from the March on Washington to the White House.


Below are a few more ways you can commemorate or reflect on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. today:


  1. Read ! (I will ALWAYS encourage literature.) Reading a book about King for yourself or to your young children would be a great way to reflect on this profound leader.

  2. Watch ! There have been many movies and/or documentaries created in honor of Dr. King. Take some time to watch a move to commemorate him.

  3. Watch a Speech ! If you don't watch a movie/documentary please listen to his words. YouTube has speeches from Dr. King. I HIGHLY recommend this. It is so empowering to not only read the words but hear his voice!

  4. Speak ! Many of us have family members who experienced these injustices. My great-uncle helped desegregate schools, my step-dad remembers walking in the back of stores, my great-aunt remembers riding in the back of the bus and my aunt was one of the first to segregate her kindergarten school. These stories we think are so long ago are not. I highly recommend calling the elders in your family and asking them if they remember the affects of segregation on their lives.

  5. GO DARK ! With the inauguration seemingly attempting to overshadow one of the greatest holidays for blacks it might be overpowering to scroll social media or watch the news today... log off ! I highly recommend social media breaks for your mental health on days like today when there will be so many opinions, feelings and arguments stirring on the internet.


What's most important is that you slow down to reflect on the past, present and future. How can you continue to teach peaceful comradery in your life and the lives of children rising.


“When we let freedom ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual, 'Free at last! Free at last! Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!' "

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