Faye Bush, long time leader of the New Town Florist Club, said Butler Recreation Center was no longer suitable for the gathering because of its age and condition; it is no longer maintained by the city since the opening of the Frances Meadows Community Center.
The Florist Club and the Interdenominational Black Ministers Association of Hall County sponsored and organized the march, assembling people who experienced Dr. King in their lifetimes, and those younger ones who learned about him in history books.
For Reverend Rodney Lackey of Antioch Baptist Church in Gainesville there is a connection; Martin Luther King was a preacher before he became Americaâ
On a clear, sunny mid-winter afternoon an estimated 250 to 300 marchers began a new year and a new decade by celebrating the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King
Nine-year-old Lawrence McFarland, a third grader from Tucker, Georgia, was one of the young marchers who learned about MLK from his history book
For Reverend Rodney Lackey of Antioch Baptist Church in Gainesville there is a connection; Martin Luther King was a preacher before he became America’s civil rights icon
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