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So Much More Than a Parade: Honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Paul Laurence Dunbar High School

Scores of marching bands, dance squads, fraternities, sororities, and civic organizations are gearing up for Baltimore’s most-anticipated parade--honoring the legacy of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

We visit some participants as they prepare for the big day Monday and ask, what does taking part in the MLK Day parade mean for them? We hear from the Dunbar High School director of bands, Charles Funn, and R.Anthony Mills from the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. and longtime parade devotee Hassan Giordano, who tells us why he shows up each year, no matter how cold.

Visit this link for parade details.

Visit this link for The Associated Day of Service.

To learn about 11 ways to Celebrate MLK Jr Day in Baltimore, visit this link.

Sheilah Kast is the host of On The Record, Monday-Friday, 9:30-10:00 am.
Melissa Gerr is a Senior Producer for On the Record. She started in public media at Twin Cities Public Television in St. Paul, Minn., where she is from, and then worked as a field producer for Oregon Public Broadcasting in Portland. She made the jump to audio-lover in Baltimore as a digital media editor at Mid-Atlantic Media and Laureate Education, Inc. and as a field producer for "Out of the Blocks." Her beat is typically the off-beat with an emphasis on science, culture and things that make you say, 'Wait, what?'