ATLANTA, GEORGIA – A ranar 20 ga Janairu, 2025, jama’a a duniya za su yi bikin tunawa da ranar haihuwar Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., wanda aka sani da MLK Day. Bikin na shekara-shekara zai fara ne da taron ibada a Cocin Ebenezer Baptist na tarihi a Atlanta, inda aka tsara shi don tunawa da gwagwarmayar Dr. King na neman ‘yanci, adalci, da dimokuradiyya ta hanyar rashin tashin hankali.
Taron ibada na shekara wannan zai fara ne da karfe 9:00 na safe, kuma za a iya kallon shi kai tsaye ta hanyar talabijin ko intanet. Taken bikin na shekara wannan shi ne “Mission Possible: Protecting Freedom, Justice, and Democracy in the Spirit of Nonviolence365.”
Babban mai jawabi na bikin wannan shekara shi ne Bishop William Barber II, shugaban kamfen na Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call For Moral Revival. Bishop Barber, wanda aka haifa a shekarar 1963, ya shahara da gwagwarmayarsa ta zaman lafiya da kuma gwagwarmayar neman adalci a cikin al’umma.
MLK Day biki ne na tarayya wanda aka fara bikin a shekarar 1986 bayan shigar da shi a matsayin hutu na kasa a shekarar 1983. Bikin yana nuna tunawa da gudummawar Dr. King ga yakin neman ‘yancin jama’a da kuma yakin neman daidaito a Amurka.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., wanda aka haifa a Atlanta a shekarar 1929, ya zama shugaban yakin neman ‘yancin jama’a a tsakiyar shekarun 1950 zuwa 1968. Ya jagoranci manyan abubuwa kamar Montgomery Bus Boycott da Maris na Washington, inda ya gabatar da jawabinsa mai suna “I Have a Dream.”
A ranar MLK Day, mutane da yawa suna yin ayyukan hidima ga al’umma, suna É—aukar ranar a matsayin “rana aiki, ba rana hutu ba.” Hakan ya biyo bayan dokar da Shugaba Bill Clinton ya sanya hannu a shekarar 1994, wanda ta sanya ranar a matsayin ranar hidima ta kasa.
Bikin tunawa da Dr. King a Atlanta yana nuna mahimmancin gida ga shugaban ‘yancin jama’a, wanda ya girma a cikin cocin Ebenezer Baptist kuma ya yi aiki a matsayin mataimakin fasto a can. Gidan tarihi na Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park, wanda ke kusa da cocin, ya zama wurin ziyara ga mutane daga ko’ina cikin duniya.
