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13th Annual MLK Unity Celebration: “Defending the
Dream”
Sojourner’s Truth Staff
“Dr. King believed in one
race and that was the human race,” said Ray Wood, president
of the Toledo NAACP, during his keynote address at the 13th
Annual MLK Unity Celebration on Monday, January 20, at The
University of Toledo’s Savage Hall.
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This year’s celebration
not only recognized the lifelong body of work of Rev. Martin
Luther King Jr, who was born in January 1929 and
assassinated in 1968, but also was specifically dedicated to
commemorating the 50th anniversary of his “I Have
a Dream” speech.
The event, co-sponsored as
always by UT and the City of Toledo, brought together an
audience of almost 2,000 for a 90 minute program that
featured performances by the Toledo Interfaith Mass Choir,
the Toledo Youth Choir and the MADD Poet Society and remarks
by UT President Dr. Lloyd Jacobs, MD; Congresswoman Marcy
Kaptur and Toledo Mayor D. Michael Collins.
Shanda Gore, Ed.D of UT
and RosaLinda Contreras, City of Toledo Youth Commission,
led the organizational effort for this year’s Unity
Celebration.
Kristian Brown, of WTVG
abc13, and Tony Rios, founder of Tony Rios Enterprises, Inc,
a Hispanic broadcast and entertainment agency, served as
masters of ceremonies for this year’s celebration.
The program was followed
by a free community lunch at Savage Hall.
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