The Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial is located in West Potomac Park in Washington, D.C., southwest of the National Mall
Source: Los Angeles Times
By Cindy Carcamo; Contact Reporter
A replica of the Montgomery, Ala., bus that Rosa Parks was riding in when she was arrested in 1955 for refusing to give up her seat to a white passenger will be featured in the 31st annual Kingdom Day Parade on Monday, one of numerous local celebrations planned to mark Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
Los Angeles Councilman Curren D. Price Jr. will serve as grand marshal of this year’s parade, themed “Our Work Is Not Yet Done.”
The parade, honoring the slain civil rights leader, is scheduled to begin at 10:15 a.m. atMartin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Western Avenue, before heading west to Crenshaw Boulevard and concluding at Vernon Avenue.
Marching bands, drill teams, floats and a contingent of local officials, state legislators and law enforcement representatives will be part of the celebration, said Adrian Dove, parade president and CEO.
“Because of … tension between minorities and police, we are working in close collaboration with Chief Charlie Beck, who will be in the parade, as well with Sheriff Jim McDonnell, who is riding a horse,” Dove said. “We are stressing a healing between the community and the police.”
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