Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, are marking Martin Luther King, Jr. Day by showing some love for Black-owned businesses.
The couple supplied the King Center for Nonviolent Social Change in Atlanta with Black-owned food trucks on Monday, according to the Civil Rights icon’s daughter, Bernice King.
The food trucks were utilized by volunteers during a community service project event, King said.
“I’m so grateful for your graciousness in honoring my father,” King wrote on Twitter.
A spokesperson for Harry and Meghan confirmed the donation to ITK, saying the trucks, Paige’s Pastries & Bistro and Parlay Savory Saloon, offered free lunches to staffers and volunteers.
Some of the King Center’s events included a voter registration and education drive, as well as a donation drive for the homeless. The pair also shared a personal connection with a keynote speaker at the King Center: Bishop Michael Curry invoked the words of Martin Luther King, Jr. during a sermon at their 2018 wedding ceremony.
It’s not the first time the pair – who moved from the United Kingdom to California in 2020 and stepped away from their duties as full-time working British royals – have been recognized for their charitable donations. Last year, a women’s shelter in Texas thanked Harry and Meghan for helping to fix a roof damaged by winter weather in the Lone Star State. The couple’s Archewell Foundation also announced last year that it would help build a relief center in India amid a spike…