Augusta events honor the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. in 2023

(Editor’s be aware: A earlier model of this story included an occasion that’s not scheduled at Reed Creek Nature Park in Martinez. The Augusta Chronicle regrets the error.)

The Augusta space is enjoying host to occasions massive and small to assist commemorate the life and legacy of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Right here’s a quick roundup of actions: 

Tri-college celebration 

Paine Faculty, Augusta College and Augusta Technical Faculty will take part a multicampus celebration honoring Dr. King starting at midday Friday at Paine’s Gilbert-Lambuth Memorial Chapel. 

The occasion is free and open to the general public, and shall be streamed reside on-line. 

The visitor speaker is Dr. Lewis Baldwin, emeritus professor of spiritual research at Vanderbilt College. The historian, creator and professor specializes within the historical past of Black church buildings in the US, particularly Spencer Church buildings, which comprise two of the nation’s oldest Black denominations. 

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Metropolis parade 

The annual MLK Parade, sponsored by the town of Augusta and the Augusta department of the NAACP, will start at 1 p.m. Saturday at Dyess Park Group Middle, 902 James Brown Blvd.  

The parade will proceed south on James Brown Boulevard, then west onto Wrightsboro Street, north onto Augusta Avenue, east onto Laney Walker Boulevard and north onto eleventh Road to the previous Johnson Motor Co., 1122 Walton Means. 

Church celebration 

The thirty sixth Annual International Race Unity Inc. Memorial Celebration for Dr. King shall be at midday Monday at Abilene Baptist Church, 3917 Washington Street in Martinez. A pre-musical will start at 11 a.m., that includes the Augusta Chorale of Georgia and the Aiken Civic Orchestra. 

The visitor speaker would be the Rev. Clarence Moore, senior pastor of Good Shepherd Baptist Church in Augusta. 

The theme shall be Overcoming Oppression With out Violence. 

Grovetown celebration 

The town of Grovetown’s observance for Dr. King shall be at 10 a.m. Monday at Liberty Park Group Middle, 1040 Newmantown Street. The visitor speaker shall be Bishop Esaias Merritt of Macedonia Church of Grovetown.  

The host of the occasion shall be Grovetown Metropolis Councilwoman Ceretta Smith. 

Basketball abilities camp 

A basketball abilities camp placed on by the Will Avery Basketball Academy shall be Monday on the Augusta Dream Middle, 3364 Peach Orchard Street. Girls and boys in fourth by eighth grades who wish to take part within the camp should write and submit a one-page essay on Dr. King. Spots for the camp are restricted. 

For extra data, name the Dream Middle at (706) 364-2860