Alicia Keys, Jamie Foxx and Mariah Carey lead tributes to Martin Luther King, Jr. on MLK Day
Madonna, Salma Hayek, Kris Jenner and Matthew McConaughey were also among those to chime in. Kerry Washington and Viola Davis urged awareness toward the ongoing battle in the U.S. Senate over voting rights.
King was 39 when he was assassinated in April of 1968 in Memphis, Tennessee. King would have turned 93 on Saturday. King made his 'I Have a Dream' speech against racism in the March on Washington in August of 1963
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