People across Tri-Cities celebrate life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr

People braved the cold temperatures to march in remembrance of Martin Luther King Jr.in downtown Raleigh on Monday morning.

Vincent High School, some 600 volunteers worked to paint murals in hallways and other common areas.

Pastor Boyd also says we should reflect on two topics Dr. King often spoke about…peace and love, and to remember that love has no color.

Monday’s 31st annual Kingdom Day Parade down Martin Luther King Jr. Day breakfast. President of the NAACP’s Dona Ana County Branch Curtis Rosemond says he hopes the breakfast will continue to grow in the future.

Scott described that day: “Lieutenant came out and asked, ‘why do you have those black men lined up?’ He said, ‘well, we thought we were going to have a riot'”. “So that’s a powerful statement to those students”, said Holton.

Charles Jones says he marched alongside Martin Luther King Jr. and was even jailed with him in Albany, Georgia. Fifty years ago, King traveled to Chicago to launch a campaign against housing discrimination. “It made us a better person for today”, she said.

“It’s interesting when people complain about the holiday and I think if maybe they had more understanding of history that they would be more accepting of this”.

If she wins the vote, she will be the first African-American woman to serve as a District Judge of the United States District Court for Minnesota.

“I’m grateful for Ms. Dorothy being that she’s an older person because she lived through that”.

“Today we honor his birthday and we honor all that he has done”, Loney said.

Turner also encouraged the younger people in the audience to think about their own futures.

The community remembered King’s dream with the distribution of a food truck to needy families.

“This is a white kid – we’re talking about 1966 – driving four black kids around Atlanta”, Houck continued.