“We talk about inequality in our classroom quite a bit and ways that young people as nine, ten year-old people can actually work to fix inequality”, Maggiore said.
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Students learned about civil rights and watched the documentary, A Time For Justice.
South Carolina NAACP President Lonnie Randolph said the flag’s removal was tangible evidence the state cares about civil rights when pushed hard enough.
Ebenezer Baptist Church’s service is the culmination of a series of events centering around radical issues.
And in Minneapolis, activists with the group Black Lives Matter planned to march onto a Mississippi River bridge that connects Minneapolis and St. Paul during a Martin Luther King Day rally.
The rally in Columbia is one of many planned nationwide recalling the legacy of King, who was assassinated in 1968. In remembrance of Doctor King, he and leaders of the Lighthouse are calling for organizations across the city to open their doors, hearts, and time to help the youth.
“So they see this and they go “oh that wasn’t really good” so it’s a little more empathetic, understanding”, said Parkin.
“My grandmother, she actually used to walk with him”, said Tyson Lee. Memorial Breakfast in honor of King on the federal holiday created in recognition of his efforts to bring peace and civil rights to the country.
This year’s event placed a particular emphasis on inclusiveness, with a logo that includes Coretta Scott King in addition to her husband, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Now 68, Tom Houck once drove for a King – the leader of the movement. “In the Upper Peninsula of MI, we believe in helping and supporting one another, and it’s nice to celebrate that on a day like today”.
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“Me and my best friend would not be best friends, because Martin Luther King, Jr. saved us, because black people wouldn’t be talking to white people, and white people wouldn’t be talking to black people”, she said.
