A day special for young Ian Loney who has now participated in the Martin Luther King March for two years.
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For most of the day USC Aiken Saturday Academy members have been celebrating Dr. Kings legacy the best way they know how, through service.
As they gathered, King’s famous “I Have a Dream” speech played on speakers.
“Some of the violence that goes on here, it’s very sad that us blacks are killing each other the way they are”, she said.
All proceeds benefited the Robert W. Johnson Community Center capital improvement and scholarship funds. Some are disappointed that Dr. King’s message of tolerance and equality has not been fulfilled.
“Look back and see that we are living his dream”, Goffney said.
Dailey was a part of the civil rights movement in the 1960s.
“Looking to my side and seeing people of all different religions and colors coming together, that’s really what made it a positive experience”, NAACP Youth Council President David Early said.
U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Julian Castro spoke about Martin Luther King Jr.’s work towards fair and open housing. And, this year, she brought along her granddaughter, Adrieanna Bowdry, to learn even more about their family’s connection to King. “Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. didn’t have a fellowship at one church; he had fellowship at many churches”. People of all ages and all walks of life had something to say about how the late civil rights leader affected their lives. She adds that if events like this will last for another thirty years, it’s up to them to gain interest and take the torch.
In the future, Gray said they are planning to alter the march’s route. “It’s a unity among the diversity which is a huge legacy which we have learned”.
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“My grandmother, she actually used to walk with him”, said Tyson Lee. “I can do multiple things that makes me free”.
