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Dancers from Expressive Ministries of Song and Dance, ages 5 to 23, perform during the Martin Luther King Day celebration in Alachua City on Monday. (Kalia Richardson/WUFT News)
2021 MLK Day Celebration In Alachua Focuses On Ending Systemic Racism
By Kalia Richardson
January 19, 2021
The U.S. Capitol insurrection was still on the minds of those at the Martin Luther King Day event on Monday at the Cleather Hathcock Sr. Community Center in Alachua.
State Rep. Yvonne Hinson, D-Gainesville, said President Donald Trump’s supporters reflected the ugly notion of white supremacy as they raided the Capitol. While praising activist Stacey Abrams’ movement that led to 800,000 new voters in Georgia, Hinson called on African Americans to fulfill King’s dream of equality for all by emancipating themselves through policy.