The Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. will be remembered in several events across the Front Range. Here are the scheduled celebrations for Monday, Jan. 19.
Fort Collins
A community march will start at 11 a.m. from Old Town Square to the Lory Student Center atColorado State University. Free transportation back to Old Town will be available.
Traffic will be restricted during the march, including delays along portions of College Avenue and Mountain, Oak, Olive, Magnolia, Mulberry, Myrtle, Laurel, Mason and Howes streets.
The march leads to the Martin Luther King, Jr. celebration, which starts at 11:45 a.m. in the Lory Student Center Main Ballroom. The event features Poudre School District winners from the essay/poetry contest as well as a dance performance and a mayoral proclamation.
Greeley
A march will begin at 10:30 a.m. at the Greeley Chamber of Commerce(902 7th Ave.) and will end at the Union Colony Civic Center (701 10th Ave).
A ceremony will take place at the Union Colony Civic Center at 11 a.m., including a speech by Dr. Avis Jones-DeWeever, author, activist and social commentator. Dr. Jones-DeWeever is a key voice on the needs and condition of women and the African-American community.
Denver
The Mile High City's marade will begin at 10:00 a.m at the "I Have a Dream" monument in City Park (East 17th Avenue and City Park Esplanade) and continue down East Colfax Avenue to Civic Center. Participants are being asked to bring children's books, old cell phones and non-perishable food items to donate.
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Boulder
There will be a screening of the critically renowned historic documentary, King: A Filmed Record … From Montgomery to Memphis at the Dairy Center for the Arts at 1:00 p.m. Tickets are free, and the event is open to the public.
The documentary utilizes only original newsreel and other primary material to show the history of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and his non-violent campaign for civil rights and social justice. The acclaimed film was made available again after 40 years of being out of circulation. The presentation will run two hours and afterward a panel of community leaders will lead a discussion on the film. Leaders include Brenda Lyle, executive director of the Family Learning Center; Norma Johnson, artist and multicultural trainer; and Wilford Buggs, Boulder to Montgomery marcher in 1963.
