What to do in Oklahoma on Jan. 16, 2012: Watch the Martin Luther King Jr. Parade in downtown Oklahoma City
The Millwood Academy marching band performs during the 2011 Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade in downtown Oklahoma City. Photo by Chris Landsberger, The Oklahoman Archives
Today’s featured event:
Watch the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade starting at 2 p.m. today in downtown Oklahoma City. The parade begins at Broadway and NW 7, proceeds down Broadway to Sheridan, then east through Bricktown to the Coca-Cola Bricktown Events Center. Grandstands are at NW 5 and Broadway.
Other MLK Day events include a silent march and bell ringing.
Along with honoring King’s memory, The Oklahoman’s Matt Patterson reports that the Oklahoma City events this year also will pay tribute to local civil rights leader Clara Luper, who died last June at the age of 88. In the 1960s, Luper led sit-ins at lunch counters in Oklahoma, Missouri, Kansas and Iowa.
For more information, go to www.okcmlk.org.
For more events, go to www.wimgo.com.
-BAM
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