Obama, LeBron James thank Martin Luther King Jr. with emotional tweets
Twitter's team has asked celebrities, influencers, and its everyday users, “How has Martin Luther King Jr. inspired you?” to commemorate the 50th anniversary of his passing.
Starting Monday, Twitter retweeted those answers from the account of Twitter's black employee resource group @blackbirds and created the hashtag #ThankYouMLK50 with an accompanying emoji.
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Responses came from:
Barack Obama:
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LeBron James:
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Good Morning America anchor Robin Roberts:
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Today Show's Al Roker:
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CNN anchor Don Lemon:
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Common:
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Lil Wayne:
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Twitter's head of content partnerships Kay Madati:
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Tapas king José Andrés:
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Bernice King, Martin Luther King Jr.'s daughter:
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Activist Deray Mckesson:
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Hamilton star Leslie Odom, Jr.:
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Shonda Rhimes:
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Ellen DeGeneres:
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Kris Jenner:
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Kerry Flynn is a business reporter for Mashable covering the tech industry. She previously reported on social media companies, mobile apps and startups for International Business Times. She has also written for The Huffington Post, Forbes and Money magazine. Kerry studied environmental science and economics at Harvard College, where she led The Harvard Crimson's metro news and design teams and played mellophone in the Band. When not listening to startup pitches, she runs half-marathons, plays with puppies and pretends to like craft beer.
