Memorial to protect the dream of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and remind President-elect Trump and Congress that the fight for civil rights will not rest. Trump has said that he is going to represent all Americans and “I believe that is his intent”, King added. Mr. Trump also took to Twitter, exhorting his social media followers to “honor him” because he was a “great man”.
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We commemorate Dr. King’s inspiring words, because his voice and his vision filled a great void in our nation, and answered our collective longing to become a country that truly lived by its noblest principles.
The event, held annually on Martin Luther King Day, included a march from Franklin and Hayden streets to the Dow Event Center in downtown Saginaw, a scholarship presentation and the presentation of the prestigious Dr. MLK Unity Award. Martin Luther King Jr.,’ commonly known as ‘Dr.
“We seek to be one, not to be divided”, he said. “It is good to study the past of the journey that our forefathers traveled before us”, Marks said.
From the First Community Interfaith Institute Incorporated, to an annual community worship service and the United Christian Leadership Ministry, residents remembered Martin Luther King Jr. on his 88 birthday Sunday.
But King disagreed with the “no action” label, saying, “Absolutely I would say John Lewis has demonstrated that he’s action”.
A federal holiday since 1986, MLK Day marks the civil rights leader’s birthday. Lewis, who worked closely with Martin Luther King during the 1960s and suffered a cracked skull protesting for voting rights, made the comments in an interview with NBC News.
Lewis said he wouldn’t go to the inauguration because he didn’t see Trump as a “legitimate” president in light of the Russian hacking.
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“I’ve been to marches before, but the San Antonio march is way different”, Erica Finney, an Amarillo resident said. “Don’t know, but I do know while he was alive, he did something”.
