Today’s MLK Events

January 18, 2010

Parades and special events will honor the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. across the area on Monday.

Century:

The Century-Flomaton Improvement Association will honor Dr. King with a motorcade in Century Monday morning. The parade will line up at the old Carver High School on Pond Street at 8 a.m. The motorcade will roll at 9:00 and will end at the Ag Building on West Highway 4 by about 10:00. A program and celebration will follow in the Ag Building at 10:00. Corma Eleise Robinson Gaines will be the guest speaker.

Cantonment:

Parade, beginning at Washington and Webb streets. Line up at 3:30 p.m., parade beings at 4:00.

Flomaton:

Procession, line up at Damascus Baptist Church at 8:30 a.m., begins at 9 a.m. Program at 11 a.m. at the church with guest speaker Charlyn Madison.

Atmore:

Parade, Line up 9 a.m. begins 10 a.m. at Houston Avery Park, follows Martin Luther King Avenue, to Carver Avenue, Ashley Street,  Main Street, McRae Street and ending at Escambia County High School.

Pensacola:

Parade, 11 a.m., downtown. An “After Parade Gathering” will be held from 2-5 p.m. at the DeVilliers Cultural Heritage Museum located at 500 W. Belmont Street with music, aft and food.

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Written by William Reynolds · Filed Under Archive