Ceremonies to mark 54 years since death of Martin Luther King Jr.

FILE - Civil rights campaigner Dr Martin Luther King (pictured center, right) with his wife Coretta Scott King at a black voting rights march from Selma, Alabama, to the state capital in Montgomery in March 1965. Among the group are civil rights activists Bayard Rustin, John Lewis, Reverend Ralph Abernathy, Ralph Bunche, and Hosea Williams.
FILE - Civil rights campaigner Dr Martin Luther King (pictured center, right) with his wife Coretta Scott King at a black voting rights march from Selma, Alabama, to the state capital in Montgomery in March 1965. Among the group are civil rights activists Bayard Rustin, John Lewis, Reverend Ralph Abernathy, Ralph Bunche, and Hosea Williams. Photo credit William Lovelace/Daily Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images

DALLAS, Texas (KRLD) — Monday, April 4th marks 54 years since the death of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and special ceremonies are planned in Memphis, Washington D.C., and across the nation.

In Memphis, a 'Remembering MLK' event will be held at the National Civil Rights Museum - which is built around the former Lorraine Motel where King was shot in 1968. The event begins at 2:30 p.m. local time and will be live-streamed at civilrightsmuseum.org.

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The Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Foundation in Washington D.C. will hold a candlelight vigil on Monday evening.

"As we commemorate the April 4th death of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. we must not forget his beliefs on unity and non-violence," said Harry E. Johnson, Sr., President of The Memorial Foundation, per The Memorial Foundation's website.

"His tenets of Democracy, Justice, Hope, and Love are just as relevant today as they were more than 53 years ago."

King's daughter Reverend Bernice King and other family members will take part in a wreath-laying ceremony at The King Center in Atlanta.

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Featured Image Photo Credit: FILE - Civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. addresses a rally at a church in Birmingham, Alabama, on Oct. 14, 1963.