Honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.: March returns to Eatonton with message for youth

PUTNAM COUNTY

  • Led by Thedora Sneed (far right), the 2023 Martin Luther King Jr. March departed from the Newlife Outreach Christian Center on Agnes Street in Eatonton.
    Led by Thedora Sneed (far right), the 2023 Martin Luther King Jr. March departed from the Newlife Outreach Christian Center on Agnes Street in Eatonton.
  • Grady Jones of MAN UP Mentoring said he hopes everyone at the MLK March appreciates that sacrifices of the past help to provide current advantages.
    Grady Jones of MAN UP Mentoring said he hopes everyone at the MLK March appreciates that sacrifices of the past help to provide current advantages.
  • Pastor Christopher White of Rock Creek Baptist Church in Mansfield.
    Pastor Christopher White of Rock Creek Baptist Church in Mansfield.
    For the first time in three years, more than a hundred people gathered Monday in Eatonton to participate locally in the nationwide Martin Luther King Jr. March. They departed Newlife Outreach Christian Center on Agnes Drive promptly at 3 p.m., then marched in a procession behind an Eatonton Police Department car driven by Chief Howell Cardwell the...

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