The MLK Celebration Committee has established January 17, 2009 as A “Day of Non-Violence” in memory of Dr. King’s legacy. We are soliciting the support of the City of Plano, Plano Police Department, Plano Fire Department, community groups, associations, clubs, organizations, PISD, Collin College, local and area businesses, corporate partners, veterans, seniors, churches, other [...]
Read the full story »On December 1, 1955, forty-three year old Rosa Parks boarded a Montgomery, Alabama city bus .
I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation. Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice. It came as a joyous daybreak to end the long night of their captivity. Read the whole story »
Martin Luther King, Jr., (January 15, 1929-April 4, 1968) was born Michael Luther King, Jr., but later had his name changed to Martin. His grandfather began the family’s long tenure as pastors of the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, serving from 1914 to 1931; his father has served from then until the present, and from [...]
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