“To the surprise and delight of organizers, participants and spectators alike, a diverse crowd estimated at a couple of thousand people lined the downtown Athens route of the community’s first Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday parade on Monday afternoon.”
Large crowd lines downtown streets for Athens’ first MLK Day parade
By Jim Thompson
“It’s a beautiful thing,” said Mokah Jasmine Johnson, leader of the Athens Anti-Discrimination Movement, as she tended to some last-minute details before the parade stepped off from Hull Street and headed up Clayton Street to Jackson Street, where the route headed back into the center of downtown. Click HERE to read full article.
Downtown Athens was filled with Martin Luther Kind Jr. Day festivities on Monday including the first annual MLK Jr. Day Parade and Urban Music Fest hosted by the United Group of Artists and Athens Anti-Discrimination Movement.
Athens hosts first annual MLK parade and music fest
Ashlyn Webb @ashlynwebb1
The parade began at 3 p.m. at the intersection of South Hull and Washington Street and ended in front of The Max Canada where Barbara Lady B. Sims announced parade participants’ names and organizations. There were a variety of people attending Monday’s events, but all celebrating one individual and his legacy. Click here to read full article.
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