Barber and Chiefs community correspondent Jillian Carroll led a discussion on the civil rights activist.
“[Tuesday] was a great culmination of just bringing together the community, some young students and the Chiefs Ambassadors program, which is part of the Chiefs’ community caring team,” Barber said. “Any time you get a school day off, I think all kids are happy that they get a day out of school, but you have to understand the importance behind it.
“You have to understand the ‘why’ and the facts, so that it’s not just a hollow holiday. Martin Luther King did so many great things, not just for school-age kids, but for the United States of America, bringing forth the topic of equality.