Thousands of people have celebrated Martin Luther King Jr's birthday with song, dance and speechmaking.
The holiday weekend was a special father-and-son trip for Alan Williams and 14-year-old Alan Louis Williams. The pair from Tallahassee, Florida, visited important sites in King's life, including the site in Memphis where King declared, "I've been to the mountaintop."
King was assassinated in 1968 at the Lorraine Motel, which is now part of the civil rights museum.
Meanwhile, community leaders and some prominent Democratics took aim at President Donald Trump at a New York City commemoration of the day.
The event was led by the Rev Al Sharpton, who spoke to a crowd of about 200 people Monday in Harlem.
"Trump Tower is in the wrong state," said Sharpton, adding that it's embarrassing that the Republican president is from New York. "What we're going to do about Donald Trump is going to be the spirit of Martin Luther King Day."
Trump marked his first MLK Day buffeted by accusations he used an obscenity to describe African nations and Haiti during a recent immigration discussion with some Congressional leaders. The president declared Sunday night, "I'm not a racist.".
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