It may have been a day off from classes for students at CMU, but many still took the time to give back to the to the Mount Pleasant community and honor Martin Luther King Jr.
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Bennie Rountree a civil rights pioneer in the east marched with Dr. King on many occasions. Holiday Commission will hold its annual luncheon this morning at the Lansing Center, honoring Dr. King’s legacy. And on July 10, after flying on State House grounds for 54 years, the flag came down.
“If it wasn’t for him, we wouldn’t have a lot of the rights that we have as African Americans”, said Cherron Swinton, mother who brought her daughters to the parade.
“We have people coming together from elementary schools, Greek organizations and the business community”, Sain said.
Also there was Pastor George Harris, from the First Church of Christ in Simsbury.
Marietta College celebrated Martin Luther King Jr.
“The objective…is to signify that we must continue to march for the unfinished work of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and celebrate our collective progress”, parade founder Annie Abrams said in a statement.
He cited a visit he made to Ferguson last year, where he said a child who grew up in Clayton area of St. Louis can expect to live 18 years longer than a child just living eight miles away in the JeffVanderLou neighborhood.
“How is it that so numerous things Dr. King fought for are once again under attack today?” Member, Lakeisha Mobley says it take a village to get the message across to people.
In Minneapolis, activists braved frigid temperatures as they marched onto a Mississippi River bridge that connects Minneapolis and St. Paul to protest the deaths of two black men shot by police previous year in the Twin Cities. One first-grader shared his dream to one day become President of the United States. O’Malley said King would be ashamed his county has made it harder to vote and easier to buy a gun.
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Music filled the south steps of the Texas Capitol, as youth with the Vision of Hope AME Church talked about what Dr. King means to them.
