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NFL Honors MLK with 'Choose Love' Message This Playoff Season

1/17/2026

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The National Football League will honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. during divisional round games by displaying 'Choose Love' in end zones.
The NFL will also display the message at Super Bowl LX next month, with 'It Takes All of Us' in opposite end zones.
Anna Isaacson, NFL senior vice president of social responsibility, emphasized the message's significance and noted its 2022 introduction after a Buffalo mass shooting.

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The National Football League will honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. during divisional round games by displaying 'Choose Love' in end zones.
The NFL will also display the message at Super Bowl LX next month, with 'It Takes All of Us' in opposite end zones.
Anna Isaacson, NFL senior vice president of social responsibility, emphasized the message's significance and noted its 2022 introduction after a Buffalo mass shooting.