INLAND EMPIRE
Riverside walk among MLK Jr. observances
Other events include kids’ history camp, food drive and programs at colleges
Participants make their way down Main St. during the 29th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Walk-A-Thon in downtown Riverside on Monday. The slain civil rights leader’s life is being celebrated with a variety of events this week. PHOTOS BY WATCHARA PHOMICINDA — STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Drum Corps leader Eli Percival, 13, directs the Southeastern California Conference of Seventh-day Adventists Drum Corps as they perform at the 29th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Walk-A-Thon in downtown Riverside on Monday.
Participants make their way down Main Street.
Participants pass through the 14th Street underpass en route to downtown Riverside.
La’Rena Garcia, right leads story time with The Village Puppets during Village SBC Youth Kamp’s 9th anniversary honoring Martin Luther King Jr. in Redlands on Monday. TERRY PIERSON — STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Children enjoy the bounce house during The Village SBC Youth Kamp’s 9th anniversary honoring Martin Luther King Jr.. TERRY PIERSON — STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
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This week, events in the Inland Empire and beyond are celebrating the life and legacy of slain civil rights leader the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., who was assassinated in 1968.
In Riverside, the 29th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Walk-A-Thon, organized by the Riverside African American Historical Society, made its way from Bordwell Park on the city’s Eastside to the city’s Main Library downtown.
Meanwhile, in Redlands, the Second Baptist Church held its ninth Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration, which included a youth history camp, art show and resource fair.
More events took place over the weekend and others are still to come.
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