Community celebrates MLK Day with the NAACP

'It's time for us to take up action': Columbia NAACP honors MLK Day

Community members gathered to honor King's legacy and recognize citizens who further his mission.

Community celebrates MLK Day with the NAACP

"We cannot do it alone, it will take community to overcome. Community will allow us to stand up, when fear tells us to sit down."

UNITY | ‘Together we are stronger than any challenge we face’

Community gathers for annual MLK Day celebration  | "We've got to learn how to work this together. We can't continue to stay apart." Unity, Gilgal Baptist Church's Fredrick Tennyson underscored for his audience Monday. It's what Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. preached. It's what he worked for. It's what community members gathered for Jan. 19....

Community comes together to celebrate MLK’s legacy

Washington County marked Martin Luther King Jr. Day with a series of community celebrations, beginning with the annual MLK Day of Service at the Washington County Council on Aging on Saturday, January 17. Volunteers from local organizations and schools partnered with Chipola Area Habitat for Humanity to complete improvement projects at the center, working together to repaint and reorganize vital areas. The same evening, the Art of Manhood hosted…