Amarillo community celebrates and commemorates MLK Day in different ways This year’s MLK parade kept the pandemic in mind. VIDEO: Amarillo community celebrates and commemorates MLK Day By Taylor Mitchell | January 18, 2021 at 5:30 PM CST - Updated January 18 at 6:26 PM AMARILLO, Texas (KFDA) - This morning many from the Amarillo community gathered to celebrate and commemorate Martin Luther King Junior Day. The annual parade continued, but some organizations decided to commemorate differently. Many different organizations, schools, churches and first responders were a part of the parade. The entire Amarillo community was invited to come out and hundreds participated. “I would say the biggest difference today is the involvement of Amarillo ISD, with the student body, all the young people and the focus of having that part and that piece and knowing that that’s important. As well as for our young men and women to be part of this event, showing off some of the skills. And doing something a little bit different because in the past it has, the student body presence hasn’t been as large, it has been mostly an adult lead purpose,” said R.J. Soleyjacks, committee member for the Amarillo MLK March.