MTV Goes B&W For MLK Day

The network will also air a series of PSAs as part of its Look Different campaign.

If you’ve turned to MTV today, you might have thought something wonky was happening with your television. MTV is commemorating Dr. Martin Luther King’s birthday today by showing all of its programming in black and white.

It’s all part of the network’s Look Different campaign, which is encouraging us to go from “colorblind to color brave.”

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In addition to the celebrities like Kendrick Lamar, Ava DuVernay (director of Selma) and Jordin Sparks, along with politicians like Rep.

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