MINNEAPOLIS — A tradition 31 years in the making will continue on today, albeit virtually.
The 2021 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Breakfast launches Monday at 9 a.m. for ticket holders. If you weren't able to get a ticket this year, the presentation will be rebroadcast at noon, and again every day at noon through Jan. 29.
Last year the venue was packed, and organizers said the event is one of the largest celebrations of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in the country.
Music will be provided by Billy Steele and the Fellowship Missionary Baptist Choir.
The online event also features a fireside chat between two people who go way back. Dr. Bernice King, Dr. King's daughter, and former US Ambassador Andrew Young will speak.
"We wanted to engage with them deeply given they know one another. Dr. Bernice King, she grew up knowing Andrew Young as Uncle Andrew. So it was such a special opportunity for us to capture kind of the history but also the work that both of them are doing today," MLK Breakfast co-chair Ebony Wyatt said.
"There is an opportunity for us to all come together and really reflect on the work that Dr. King was doing and figure out how we can do our part to continue his legacy," Wyatt said.
The breakfast is also a fundraiser for the UNCF Twin Cities MLK Legacy Scholarship Fund, which helps local kids graduate from college.