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Saturday, January
16, 2010
City of Inglewood MLK Celebration,
9am MLK Commemorative Ecumenical Service
The Tabernacle of Faithful Central Bible Church,
321 N. Eucalyptus Avenue
Immediately following the special service,
over a thousand marchers will take to the
streets to reenact, in a tribute to Dr. King,
the symbolic marches of the 1960's.
The City of Inglewood will continue
its celebration with a commemorative family
festival on the grounds of Hollywood Park.
City of Long Beach Unity Day Celebration
10:30 am Unity Day Parade
(MLK/Atlantic to Lemon Avenue, MLK Park)
Noon Unity Day Festival (
featuring live concert performances by Michele',
Mo' Betta Experience Band featuring Indira
Khan, and winners of the Stevie Wonder's LA
Young Stars Talent Competition
City of Gardena
MLK Celebration
10am Nautica de la Cruz and Guitarist
Paul Jackson Jr are the Grand Marshals
for this excellent community expression of
love for the life and legacy of Dr. Martin
Luther King, Jr… Parade begins at the
corner of Marine and Van Ness Avenue and heads
north to Rowley Park….
Sunday, January 17,
2010
Christ Our Redeemer AME Church 11th
Annual MLK Scholarship Gospel Concert
University of California, Irvine's Barclay
Theatre, 4242 Campus Dr., Irvine, CA 92612
- 5:00 p.m.
Christ Our Redeemer AME Church (COR), The
Black Chamber of Commerce of Orange County,
100 Black Men of Orange County and The Orange
County Ministerial Alliance present the Dr.
Martin Luther King, Jr. Scholarship
Gospel Concert featuring The Corale Choir,
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc. and a surprise
gospel recording artist. One scholarship recipient
will receive $5,000, and all other winners
will receive scholarships ranging between
$1,000 and $3,000. The event is designed to
raise funds, give away scholarships to deserving
college students and to honor two individuals
who embody the character and leadership of
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Monday, January 18,
2010
KJLH MLK Celebration
 Kingdom
Day Parade - 10am
Look for us on the parade route as KJLH takes
over the corner of Crenshaw and King Blvd.
live from the parking lot of Krispy Kreme
Donuts...we'll be providing you with live
parade updates. The Parade rolls out from
Western and King Blvds, traveling west to
King and Crenshaw where it turns south and
ends at Leimert Park.
KingFest 2010
Councilman Bernard Parks and the 8th District
proudly presents KJLH KingFest 2010, an awesome
festival that kicks off immediately after
the parade.. Leimert Park is the place to
be as we take over the entire village for
a day of fun, food and music!! Featuring live
music performances from Michele' , Mo' Betta
Experience B and featuring Indira Khan, Greater
Zion Church, Margo Thunder, Steven Russell
(former lead singer of the group Troop), Julian
Keyz, and more!! While you're in the park,
please visit the New Orleans Vieux Carre Restaurant
to meet and greet your favorite KJLH Air Personalities
and get a piece of complimentary MLK Birthday
Cake.
Presented by Southern California Edison,
Herbalife and Wells Fargo Bank
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Highlights of Dr. King's
Life...
1929 - Born on Jan. 15 in
Atlanta, Ga., to Rev. and Mrs. Martin Luther
King Sr.
1948 - On Feb. 25, at age
18, he is ordained a Baptist minister. Graduated
from Morehouse College that year and from
Crozer Theological Seminary in 1951.
1955 - Earns a doctoral
degree in systematic theology from Boston
University.
1955 - Rosa Parks, a leading
member of the local branch of the National
Association for the Advancement of Colored
People (NAACP), was jailed for refusing to
give up her seat on a city bus to a white
passenger. King successfully leads a year-long
boycott, achieving integration of Montgomery,
Ala., buses. The victory attracts world attention
and by late 1956 King was a national figure.
1957 - King helps found
and serves as president of the Southern Christian
Leadership Conference.
1958 - Inspired by King,
non-violent protests to end segregation sweep
the nation. Hundreds of thousands, young and
old, black and white, conduct sit-ins, freedom
marches and freedom rides to achieve equal
treatment for all people in restaurants, libraries,
hospitals, schools and other public places.
1959 - Guest of Indian Prime
Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, studied Gandhi's
techniques of non violence.
1963 - King was arrested
and jailed for leading sit-in demonstrations
to protest segregated restaurants in Birmingham,
Ala. Wrote famous "Letter from Birmingham
Jail'' while imprisoned. Book, Strength of
Love, published that June.
1963 - In the largest civil
rights demonstration in history, 250,000 marchers
of all races and religions peacefully gather
in the nation's capital Aug. 28 calling for
civil rights, jobs and freedom for all. King's
words that day, "I Have a Dream,'' have
earned a place in history.
1964 - The world honors
King's work and he is awarded the Nobel Peace
Prize for creating positive social change
using non-violent means. For the world, he
becomes a symbol of peace. His work continues;
in America he leads a nonviolent movement
to ensure black citizens the right to vote.
1965 - On March 21, active-duty
Army and federalized Alabama National Guardsmen
protect King and thousands of marchers on
the first leg of a march from Selma, Ala.,
to Montgomery.
1967 - King begins a campaign
to help poor people. Through creative nonviolent
actions, he hopes to draw attention to their
need for decent jobs, housing, health care
and education.
1968 - On April 3, King
delivers last speech, "I've been to the
Mountain Top,'' at the Memphis, Tenn., Masonic
Temple. The next day, before joining Memphis
sanitation workers for a planned protest march,
King is assassinated by James Earl Ray, a
white escaped convict. Riots erupted in more
than 100 cities across America.
1969 - On Jan. 15, the first
march to start a campaign to create a national
holiday honoring King is held in Atlanta.
1981 - Entertainer Stevie
Wonder started an annual march in Washington,
D.C., to lobby for a King holiday. NOTE: Stevie
also funded a holiday lobbying office and
staff in Washington DC.
1982 - The Freedom Hall
Complex honoring King opened Jan. 15 in Atlanta.
1983 - President Ronald
Reagan signed Martin Luther King Jr. holiday
legislation on Nov. 2. It took 15 years to
create the federal Martin Luther King, Jr.,
holiday. Congressman John Conyers, Democrat
from Michigan, first introduced legislation
for a commemorative holiday four days after
King was assassinated in 1968. After the bill
became stalled, petitions endorsing the holiday
containing six million names were submitted
to Congress. It remains one of the largest
petition drives ever in the history of the
United States. Conyers and Rep. Shirley Chisholm,
Democrat of New York, resubmitted King holiday
legislation each subsequent legislative session.
Public pressure for the holiday mounted during
the 1982 and 1983 civil rights marches in
Washington.
Congress passed the holiday legislation in
1983, which was then signed into law by President
Ronald Reagan. A compromise moving the holiday
from Jan. 15, King's birthday, which was considered
too close to Christmas and New Year's, to
the third Monday in January helped overcome
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