 "Nobel laureate Martin Luther King Jr. Image Credit: Reuters")
Apple has updated its homepage to honour and give tribute to Dr Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday. The entire page highlighted King’s impactful quotes, and invited most of the people to explore his legacy further through the Apple books and Apple podcasts.
The youngest to receive the Nobel peace prize, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was an American activist. The Apple shows photos of Dr. King visiting a church in Miami, Florida, holding a news conference in Birmingham, Alabama, and speaking in a crowd in Jackson, Mississippi.
Apple has run a full-page Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. homepage tribute for more than a decade.
“We honor Dr. King and reflect upon his life and legacy,” says Apple.
Apple has staged what it calls a Homepage Takeover for MLK Day each year since 2015, a designation typically reserved for major product launches or programming announcements.
Apple CEO Tim Cook also paid tribute to Dr. King. He wrote on X, “Today we honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy of service, his commitment to justice, and his belief that every one of us has the power to make a difference, because as he reminded us, “everybody can be great, because everybody can serve.”
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View AllUS President Donald Trump on Monday also issued a proclamation honoring the life and legacy of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., praising his commitment to justice, equality, and the founding principles of the US.
Martin Luther King Jr. Day became a federal holiday in the United States in 1986, observed on the third Monday of January.
Previous Apple homepage takeovers have marked significant events including former President Jimmy Carter’s death at age 100 and the 10th anniversary of Steve Jobs’ passing in 2021. The MLK tribute represents one of the company’s most consistent annual digital commemorations.