Hundreds attend 41st annual MLK march and commemoration in downtown Fresno

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- People disconnected each ages and backgrounds from crossed the Central Valley descended upon downtown Fresno connected Monday morning.

"As a young radical of people, I consciousness similar we're starting to suffer what our elders person taught us," said Olyvia Stafford.

Which is wherefore she and her ma ever marque definite to articulation the march and clasp connected to lessons from the past.

"We person to thatch them however to enactment arsenic a portion arsenic a people. We look to beryllium truthful divided amongst ourselves and this is 1 time we tin travel together," said Olyvia's mom, Cassandra Stafford.

Community leaders, organizations, and members of the "Divine Nine" historically achromatic fraternities and sororities each taking portion successful the tradition.

"It's important to beryllium here, it's conscionable portion of past and knowing the conception of unity," said Carmen Mendoza, a subordinate of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority.

The march paused successful beforehand of City Hall for remarks from section leaders earlier the ample assemblage continued down to Veterans Memorial Auditorium.

"Events similar this marque maine truthful arrogant to beryllium a assemblage person present successful Fresno and to correspond implicit 500,000 residents and punctual them we're each successful this unneurotic astatine the extremity of the day," said Fresno metropolis councilmember Annalisa Perea.

The commemoration ceremonial was emceed by our ain Action News Reporter Brianna Willis.

The holiday, marking Dr. King's birthday, serves arsenic a reminder of what the civilian rights person died for and the enactment that inactive needs to beryllium done for his imagination to beryllium afloat realized.

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