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Remembering The Dream: Residents Honor Martin Luther King, Jr.
January 19, 2010
Residents across the area gathered Monday to honor the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with parades, motorcades and uplifting programs.
“Dream the dream,” Corma Eleise Robinson Gaines told those gathered to remember Dr. King in Century. “It’s in you to be great…God has placed something in you to bring that dream to fruition”.
Gaines told the gathering sponsored by the Century-Flomaton Improvement Association that Dr. King was a man that laid down his life for racial equality and for his people.
“It took a lot…don’t fool yourselves,” she said. “God’s going to raise somebody else up…look at Barrack Obama; he dreamed a dream.”
Gaines told the young people at Monday’s event that they too must live “the dream”.
“Don’t let anybody tell you what you can’t do,” she said. “Dare to dream in a troublesome land, in troublesome times.”
Similar events, parades and motorcades were held across the area Monday, including Century, Flomaton, Atmore, Pensacola and Cantonment.
Pictured top and bottom: Residents gathered in Century Monday morning to remember Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Pictured inset: Corma Eleise Robinson Gaines, guest speaker at the annual event sponsored by the Century-Flomaton Improvement Association. NorthEscambia.com photos, click to enlarge.
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