Today's Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration includes the MLK Leadership Breakfast, where Dr. Crystal Kuykendall of the National Council of Negro Women serves as keynote speaker and the Drum Major For Justice National Parade. The parade route begins at Third Avenue S. and Martin Luther King, Jr. Street and proceeds north to Central Avenue, east to Bayshore Drive, and north to Fifth Avenue N., disbanding at Vinoy Park, St. Petersburg. Leadership breakfast, Mon., Jan. 18, 7:30 a.m., The Historic Coliseum, 535 Fourth Ave. N., St. Petersburg, $25; Drum Major for Justice Parade, Mon., Jan. 18, 11 a.m., contact MLKholidaylegacy@gmail.com or visit mlknationalparade.org for more info.
This article appears in Jan 13-19, 2010.