Civil rights leader Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. delivers a speech to a crowd of approximately 7,000 people on May 17, 1967 at UC Berkeley's Sproul Plaza in Berkeley, California. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) Holiday plans faced major disruption in 2020 and thanks to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, 2021 has so far offered more of the same.On Martin Luther King Jr.
Day, his legacy is traditionally honored with parades and service events across the country, but the pandemic has rendered in-person gatherings such as these unsafe.