Wait! White privilege? Me? I’m no more privileged than anyone I know… It was Week 3 of a nine-week lesson in awareness that I hope I’ll never forget — and wish I’d taken years ago. Building Bridges of Asheville is one part awakening, two parts “whack upside the head” and nine parts “meet you halfway,” […]
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As told by AVL: Martin Luther King Jr. Day is celebrated Asheville-style with march and music
To celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Asheville’s 2014 Peace March and Rally began today around noon, starting at the St. James AME Church, winding through downtown to Pack Square and concluding with music and speeches.
Asheville Middle School students march to commemorate MLK’s ‘Dream’
Asheville Middle School’s boisterous student body took to the streets Wednesday afternoon to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the historic March on Washington and Martin Luther King Jr.‘s iconic “I Have Dream” speech.
Slideshow: Asheville marks Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Hundreds of Ashevilleans marched to City/County Plaza to mark Martin Luther King Jr. Day and call for an end to intolerance and racism. Photos by Max Cooper.
One woman had a dream; local MLK Jr events are now 31 years old
Thirty-one years ago a woman in Asheville had a dream: Get Asheville to honor the work of Dr. Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
Hundreds march for peace on Martin Luther King Jr. holiday
Hundreds of people marched down Asheville’s Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and into Martin Luther King Jr. Park to mark the civil rights hero’s birthday on Monday.