Garland High School senior Saron Lias carries a poster of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. while marching in the 36th annual MLK Day Parade in Garland, Texas, Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/LM Otero)FILE - A view of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial, backdropped by the Washington Monument during the annual MLK wreath-laying ceremony in Washington, Jan. 15, 2024. ( AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)Democratic National Committee Chair Jamie Harrison speaks at a rally at the South Carolina Statehouse to honor Martin Luther King Jr. on his holiday on Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)A marcher holds up a sign at a march and rally at the South Carolina Statehouse to honor Martin Luther King Jr. on his holiday on Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)FILE - People attend a wreath-laying ceremony at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial marking MLK Day in Washington, Jan. 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)Members of the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity march in the 36th annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Parade in Garland, Texas, Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/LM Otero)Garland High School senior Saron Lias waves while marching in the 36th annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Parade in Garland, Texas, Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/LM Otero)Barbara Johnson -Williams, a vice president of the South Carolina NAACP, speaks at a rally at the Statehouse to honor Martin Luther King Jr. on his holiday on Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)Two police dogs meet each other as they wait to sniff people coming to a march and rally at the South Carolina Statehouse to honor Martin Luther King Jr. on his holiday on Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)
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Garland High School senior Saron Lias carries a poster of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. while marching in the 36th annual MLK Day Parade in Garland, Texas, Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
