University of Bridgeport students put Dr. Martin Luther King’s words into action

“We have people coming together from elementary schools, Greek organizations and the business community”, Sain said.

“He wanted everybody to be a community and everybody to come together and love one another”.

The performance featured a series of scenes, some centered around King and his wife, Coretta Scott King, as he privately struggled with fear and doubts about taking center stage in the civil rights movement.

Not only did 50 people come out to participate in the 16th annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., holiday parade in downtown Kingsport, the number was closer to 100.

Houck has a dream: to keep this history alive.

“Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s mission to reconcile a divided nation lives on and depends on us all”, said Lt. Governor Polito.

South Carolina NAACP President Lonnie Randolph said the flag’s removal was tangible evidence the state cares about civil rights when pushed hard enough.

Naming a street in King’s honor reminds residents and drivers of his message year ’round. “But to plant the seeds harboring peace and social justice is change enough for a lifetime to foster a garden in the next, and allow more seeds to be planted to bring us closer to Eden”, Forbes said.

The Civil War-era symbol was removed after a white man allegedly shot black parishioners at a Charleston church in June. Volunteers plan to travel from the Detroit suburb of Dearborn to Flint to deliver more than 40,000 water bottles and water filters on Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

Martin O’Malley said King would be ashamed the county has made it harder to vote but easier to buy a gun.

“The idea that it’s not a day off, it’s a day on, that we need to recognize our obligations as citizens and as humans, and to bridge the gaps that still exist”, Seaside Mayor Ralph Rubio said about what the event means to him.

“It’s important to learn about racial equality and this is a good day to do it and other schools don’t get that opportunity”, said Spencer Hepworth, 11th grade.

The city also announced that Chicago’s Stone Temple Church, where King frequently preached, is up for landmark status.