The Dunbar Heritage Association (DHA) is celebrating the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with communitywide events to mark the revered civil rights leader’s birthday.
The theme of the 2020 MLK Day celebration is “2020 Vision: ‘Without a Vision the People Perish.’”
Each year, the Dunbar Heritage Association hosts the commemorative wreath laying ceremony at the Crossroads Memorial. This year’s wreath ceremony will take place on Monday, Jan. 20 at 9:30 a.m. at the MLK/ LBJ Drive Crossroads Memorial. It will feature a welcome address by DHA Treasurer Claudea Blythe, an invocation by Rev. Allen Green, proclamation readings by San Marcos Mayor Jane Hughson and Hays County Judge Ruben Becerra and a reading of “Why We Celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day” by Andrea Price.
Immediately following the wreath-laying, all are welcome to join a silent march to the Dunbar Center, led by Hays County Constable Precinct 1 David Peterson.
Then, at 11 a.m. the MLK Day celebration will officially kick off at the Dunbar Center. The celebration will feature a reading on the meaning behind the Black National Anthem, “Lift Every Voice,” followed by a community singing of “Lift Every Voice,” and a dance performance by Xavier Banbury of Ballet Afrique Contemporary Dance. The distinguished 2020 MLK guest speaker will be San Marcos High School Principal Denisha Presley.
Dunbar Heritage Association extends thanks to Print This for custom T-shirts, the Hays County Constables and Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. for their support.
All Dunbar Heritage Association MLK Day activities are free and open to the public. For more information on the MLK activities, contact Dunbar Heritage Association via email at [email protected].
