Democratic candidates speak at King Day rally

Every third Monday in January, people around the country honor the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

The mayor says it’s a way to connect with King and add more meaning to the holiday.

Martin Luther King led many marches, and this afternoon students at Michigan State University will march across campus in tribute to his legacy. “And my mother, she was at work, and how she called to comfort them”, Pastor Boyd said.

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.

“While we have been distracted, new voting rights restrictions have been created”, she said.

“We’re trying to raise up another generation of African Americans who can become teachers and educators, not just for the African American community but trained ON the African American community”, he says.

People at the parade we spoke to remembered Dr. King as a man who stood for peace and equality. “That we can all be together and that we can celebrate what he wanted to do and also celebrate our futures”.

What’s your dream? We asked a number of people Monday, the federal holiday, to share their thoughts.

Event-goers all agreed one way to cut down on the violence in our neighborhoods is to keep the community coming together the way they did for this multicultural celebration.

Dozens packed the Bible Way Missionary Baptist Church in Copperas Cove, for the congregation’s 18th annual “Dr. Martin Luther King Jr”.

“We have a lot of opportunities, we can do more things now that most people do”, said Alvin Harper, a teen with Vision of Hope AME Church.

“That’s why we’re here and that’s why I’m happy to celebrate, open up our church to the community”.