Mayor Biskupski honors Martin Luther King Jr. with day of service

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.

To close the ceremony, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. awards were given to deserving residents.

Pastor Ronald Boyd says Dr. King has been an inspiration to him his walk in ministry.

“Given what’s happened in the communities, the senseless violence that we’ve seen, it’s important that we come together”.

Swinton says the uses the fun parade as a way to open up the conversation about the past and present struggles with race and inequality.

In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. “We live in a wonderful community, where people in this community are united, work together as one, and I think in our society where we live in our city, it’s awesome how everybody comes together as one”.

“The majority of the time when I’m out, people are positive”.

“He’s now gone, but the dream is still alive”, Elliot said before delivering his sermon inside his packed church.

“There is a completion in our hearts that says when we honor Dr. King and honor what he taught, it is doing the right thing for all of us”, Greg Depriest said.

“Because if you’re not careful, we’re about to allow a reality show host to bully himself into becoming president of the United States of America”, she said. “But I read a lot about him in grade school, I’m actually here to pay my respects to him here on his birthday”. “Everything is becoming more peaceful, one by one”.

Hundreds of people braved the cold along the parade route, which began at 28th Street and Broadway and will end at King Solomon Baptist Church.

A choir and band echoed that sentiment with their performances throughout the event, driving home the message of unity.

Nine-year-old Isiah Lewis of Phoenix recited Dr. King’s famous “I have a dream speech” from memory.