DeSoto honors dreamer with annual MLK parade
ARCADIAN PHOTO BY ADRIAN A. FEBLES, afebles@sun-herald.com
A Men of Character volunteer hands out candy during the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Parade Monday along Oak Street in Downtown Arcadia.
ARCADIAN PHOTO BY ADRIAN A. FEBLES, afebles@sun-herald.com
Many cars and people took part in the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Parade Monday along Oak Street in Downtown Arcadia.
ARCADIAN PHOTO BY ADRIAN A. FEBLES, afebles@sun-herald.com
The DeSoto County High School Marching Band delights the crowd with their music at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Parade Monday along Oak Street in Downtown Arcadia.
ARCADIAN PHOTO BY ADRIAN A. FEBLES, afebles@sun-herald.com
The JROTC Color Guard led the parade at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Parade Monday along Oak Street in Downtown Arcadia.
ARCADIAN PHOTO BY ADRIAN A. FEBLES, afebles@sun-herald.com
The Arcadia Police Department gets things going at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Parade Monday along Oak Street in Downtown Arcadia.
ARCADIAN PHOTO BY ADRIAN A. FEBLES, afebles@sun-herald.com
Members of the Mt. Zion church march in the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Parade Monday along Oak Street in Downtown Arcadia.
ARCADIAN PHOTO BY ADRIAN A. FEBLES, afebles@sun-herald.com
Children dive for the curb to get to the candy the passing cars toss at them during the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Parade Monday along Oak Street in Downtown Arcadia.
ARCADIA — A sparse crowd lined Oak Street to watch the annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Parade.
The esteemed civil rights leader would have turned 84 on Jan. 15 had he not been assassinated on April 4, 1968 outside a Memphis, Tenn. hotel.