Teens Honor MLK With 50 Mile March from Mississippi to Memphis

Teens Honor MLK With 50 Mile March from Mississippi to Memphis

pA small group of teens, accompanied by several adult mentors and a police escort, began a 50-mile march from Mississippi to Memphis, Tennessee, on March 31 to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and mark the 50th anniversary of his assassination.ppFrom the group’s GoFundMe page:a “From March 31 to April 4, 2018, a mixed group of black and white teens will be marching 50 miles from deep in Mississippi to the National Civil Rights Museum – the site of the Lorraine Motel where Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated on April 4, 1968. This march will be commemorating 50 years since Dr. King’s passing – and will be continuing his work of racial justice, economic justice, and racial reconciliation. This march is sponsored by the PEARSON Foundation of Pearl, Mississippi. PEARSON is a faith-based mentoring and community service organization modeling reconciliation and healthy racial relations.”ppIn these videos the teens say what Dr. King means to them as they walk along US-61 in northern Mississippi.


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Uploaded: 2018-04-02

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