Owensboro, KY — Owensboro Human Relations Commission and the Owensboro-Daviess County Education Community invite all citizens to participate in this year’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Day March and Celebration on Monday, January 21.
Just a year before his assassination, at a Southern Christian Leadership Conference staff retreat in May 1967, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. said, “I think it is necessary for us to realize that we have moved from the era of civil rights to the era of human rights…[W]hen we see that there must be a radical redistribution of economic and political power, then we see that for the last twelve years we have been in a reform movement…That after Selma and the Voting Rights Bill, we moved into a new era, which must be an era of revolution…In short, we have moved into an era where we are called upon to raise certain basic questions about the whole society.”
Dr. Arnold Farr will deliver a keynote address. Dr. Farr is a founding member of the Kentucky Poor People’s Campaign, a member of the Poor People’s Campaign Coordinating Committee, and a Professor of philosophy at the University of Kentucky. Dr. Farr is a strong advocate for the poor and all marginalized groups. He has spent most of his life fighting for fairness to end poverty and economic injustices.
This year’s march is from Owensboro High School (OHS) to Kentucky Wesleyan College (KWC) on Frederica Street, Owensboro, KY. We will start to gather around 8:30 AM in the OHS gym. The march starts at 9:00 AM and heads south on Frederica Street to KWC. Transportation will also be provided from OHS to KWC. The celebration/program starts at 10:00 AM in the Winchester Center, Rogers Hall.
The Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Day March and Celebration Program are free and open to the general public.