By toni foxx
Jan 18, 2021
The 40th annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Parade happens today in downtown Jax, sponsored by the Law Offices of Ron Sholes. The parade kicks off at 11. Participants will assemble on Water Street near the Jacksonville Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. The parade will continue onto Laura Street and then Adams Street before concluding at Lee and Bay streets.
Share The parade is a partnership of The Law Offices of Ron Sholes and the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Foundation Inc.
Hundreds lined the streets of Downtown Jacksonville on Jan. 18 for the 40th annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Parade.
The parade is a partnership of The Law Offices of Ron Sholes and the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Foundation Inc. The event celebrates King’s life and message of equality, opportunity and service to others.
The 1.5-mile parade route began at 10 a.m. near the Jacksonville Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, continued onto Laura Street and then Adams Street before concluding at Lee and Bay streets.
Isaiah Rumlin has come to expect calls from the media ahead of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
As head of the NAACP s Jacksonville branch, he got them again this year because for the third year in a row there will be separate citywide breakfasts to honor the slain civil rights leader where there used to be one. Friday the local NAACP will host the 34th annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Community Empowerment Breakfast, while City Hall will have its 34th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast.
Both will be virtual. A parade follows Monday in downtown Jacksonville.
That s why for the past two years the NAACP decided to have its own breakfast rather than go downtown and shake hands for two hours at the city event, he said. And that s why the group will likely continue to host its own version in the future.