CONTINUING HIS MARCH MARTIN LUTHER KING WEEKEND EVENTS.--The Museum of Tolerance The Museum of Tolerance is a multimedia museum in Los Angeles, California, with an associated museum in New York City, designed to examine racism and prejudice in the United States and the world with a strong focus on the history of the Holocaust. , 9786 W. Pico Blvd., Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , will host several events. The influence of Martin Luther King Jr. on the lives of sports figures, jazz musicians This is a list of jazz musicians on whom Wikipedia has articles. Some of the most notable jazz musicians
--Yolanda King, daughter of Martin Luther King Jr., will be the keynote speaker at a ceremony honoring her father's legacy, 9 a.m. Monday at the Soka Gakai International auditorium, 525 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles. --Kingdom Day Parade will begin at 10:30 a.m. Monday on Martin Luther King Boulevard, from Crenshaw cren·shaw also cran·shaw n. A variety of winter melon (Cucumis melo var. inodorus) having a greenish-yellow rind and sweet, usually salmon-pink flesh. [Origin unknown.] Boulevard to Western Avenue. The two-mile parade, hosted by the Council on Racial Equality, will include numerous floats, marching bands, drill teams and local dignitaries. Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Antonio Ramon Villaraigosa (born Antonio (Tony) Ramon Villar, Jr. on January 23, 1953) is the mayor of Los Angeles, California. He is the first Latino mayor of Los Angeles since Cristobal Aguilar in 1872. will serve as grand marshal Grand Marshal is a ceremonial, military, or political office of very high rank. The term has its origins with the word "Marshal" with the first usage of the term "Grand Marshal" as a ceremonial title for certain religious orders. . --``The Road to Civil Rights,'' featuring a screening of ``Negroes with Guns,'' 4 p.m. Monday, West Hollywood Community Center at Plummer Park, 7377 Santa Monica Blvd. CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1 -- color) Aton Hazly, of Lomita, carries a picture of Martin Luther King Jr. at a King Day march in Inglewood that began under a blanket of drizzle Saturday. (2 -- color) Angelica Venegas, of Inglewood, and her son, Miguel Galindo, 3, share an umbrella at Saturday's King Day march in Inglewood. Evan Yee/Staff Photographer |
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