The Seattle Martin Luther King Jr. Organizing Coalition celebrates “40 Years of Persevering with King’s Mission”
by Susan Fried
After two years of being unable to make use of Garfield Excessive College attributable to pandemic restrictions, the Seattle Martin Luther King Jr. Organizing Coalition took full benefit of entry this yr. On the fortieth anniversary of the MLK March and Rally on Monday, Jan. 16, the coalition hosted a jobs truthful, workshops, and an enormous rally in the highschool gymnasium. The climate turned out to be lovely for the hundreds of people that marched from Garfield, with a quick cease on the King County Juvenile Detention Middle, to Jimi Hendrix Park by the Northwest African American Museum (NAAM) the place one other small rally was held.
Individuals who had participated within the march might additionally discover NAAM, which formally reopened, after an nearly three-year closure. The museum has three new reveals together with “A Lengthy Stroll to Hope,” by Susan Fried, a present devoted to the historical past of the MLK March, one of many longest-running and largest celebrations of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s life and legacy within the Pacific Northwest.
1000’s joined the annual MLK March on a gorgeous Seattle January day. (Photograph: Susan Fried)Josias Jean-Pierre helps lead the MLK March from Garfield Excessive College to Jimi Hendrix Park, Monday, Jan. 16. (Photograph: Susan Fried)The march stopped briefly on the Decide Patricia H. Clark Kids and Household Justice Middle, which homes a juvenile detention heart, earlier than heading to Jimi Hendrix Park. (Photograph: Susan Fried)1000’s of individuals marched from Garfield Excessive College to Jimi Hendrix Park. (Photograph: Susan Fried)The Rev. Dr. Kelle Brown from Plymouth Church sings “Any individual’s Hurting My Brother” earlier than talking about financial justice through the fortieth annual MLK Day celebration on Jan. 16 at Garfield Excessive College. (Photograph: Susan Fried)Kimonti Carter and the Black Prisoners Caucus discuss mass incarceration and their group through the fortieth annual MLK Day Celebration on Jan. 16, at Garfield Excessive College. (Photograph: Susan Fried)Fai Mathews, who has attended the annual MLK Celebration and march for many years, listens to a speech on financial justice by the Rev. Dr. Kelle Brown through the rally within the Garfield Excessive College gymnasium. (Photograph: Susan Fried)A bit lady claps throughout a musical efficiency by Jayza Duhon on the fortieth annual celebration of the lifetime of MLK at Garfield Excessive College on Monday, Jan. 16. (Photograph: Susan Fried)Authentic MLK Organizing Committee members Larry Gossett (left) and Eddie Rye Jr. discuss in regards to the historical past of the march. (Photograph: Susan Fried)A person listens intently to a speaker through the rally at Garfield Excessive College on Jan. 16. The rally featured speeches about housing justice, labor rights, mass incarceration, financial justice, and included musical performances by the Northwest African American Museum’s choir, Samira Rain, and Jayza Duhon. (Photograph: Susan Fried)A customer to NAAM’s reopening seems to be at a number of the pictures within the exhibit entitled “A Lengthy Stroll to Hope,” by Susan Fried, exploring Seattle’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day annual march. (Photograph: Susan Fried)Some museum company take a look at “A Lengthy Stroll to Hope,” by Susan Fried. (Photograph: Susan Fried)
Susan Fried is a 40-year veteran photographer. Her early profession included weddings, portraits, and business work — plus, she’s been The Skanner Information’ Seattle photographer for 25 years. Her pictures have appeared within the College of Washington’s The Day by day, The Seattle Globalist, Crosscut, and plenty of extra. She’s been an Emerald contributor since 2015. Observe her on Instagram @fried.susan.
📸 Featured Picture: From left to proper: Keimani Leonard, Alexis Mburu, and Josias Jean-Pierre lead the march from Garfield Excessive College to Jimi Hendrix Park, Monday, Jan. 16, the fortieth anniversary of Seattle’s celebration of the life and legacy of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. (Photograph: Susan Fried)
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