“Don’t forget what his life meant to each and every one of us”, Ward said.
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Martha Marcelli came from Citrus County and said she’s happy to see so many young people enjoying the parade. She said King was important not only for black people, but for all people. He would be pleased that schools and some churches are integrated.
Leake said the holiday gave everyone time to reflect on work needed in 2016 on social justice issues that King and other leaders struggled for in the 1950s and 1960s, whether they be struggles with education, workforce or law enforcement issues. “Race still matters too much in the hearts and minds of some people. On any given day, we see reports of crime and criminal activity among our own”.
Scott said on that day; he remembered going back to his barracks to find numerous black men lined up outside the police station on base.
“I think it’s a day of reflection just to say thanks and remember all of his accomplishments”, Tanya Foreman said.
Turner called the statistics “astounding” and said there must be a way to bring the numbers down. “The_Name_Jar&sa=D&ust=1453163300297000&usg=AFQjCNFNAXNYMyVFk-U1ntEBwS5WjfhtMw” target=”_blank”>The Name Jar”, a children’s book about a little girl name Unhei who moves to the United States from Korea and considers changing her name because she thinks it will help her better fit in with her classmates.
In California, protesters from a Black Lives Matter offshoot group shut down one side of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge when they stopped vehicles in the westbound lanes and chained themselves and the cars together to form a line across the bridge. She’d had no idea at 14 or 15 that she would become an attorney and state lawmaker.
Hundreds of people marched from the Frank Johnson Recreation Center on Pio Nono Avenue, all the way to downtown Macon where they joined other marchers at the Macon-Bibb Government Center.
“That there is a point to this holiday and it’s to recognize the situation of our prejudice and our racism and we’ve come a long way and we still have more to go”, said Colleen Parkin, U.S. History Teacher. New SCLC president Tyshawn Gardner says he wants to make it his goal to recapture the spirit of the non-violent movement.
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At 2 p.m., the walkers and community members made their way into the church, where Cove Mayor Frank Seffrood welcomed them to the special service.
