FWISD Student Groups to Participate in 34th Annual MLK Parade
Six Fort Worth ISD high schools are slated to participate in Fort Worth’s 34th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day Parade, Monday, January 21 in downtown Fort Worth.
Music groups from Diamond Hill-Jarvis, Dunbar, Eastern Hills, Paschal, Southwest and O.D. Wyatt high schools are expected to march in the parade which begins at 11 a.m. at Ninth and Commerce streets and ends with a rally from noon to 1:30 p.m. at Sundance Square Plaza. Click here for more details.
The parade is just one of multiple events being held around the city in observance of the federal holiday.
Prior to the parade at 9 a.m. at the corner of Main and Ninth streets, the city will unveil the Martin Luther King Jr. Heritage Trails marker.
Beginning at 11:30 a.m., the City of Fort Worth MLK/Juneteenth Employee Committee and Diversity and Inclusion Committee will host the 34th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Celebration. The theme, One Night With A King, honors Dr. King’s 1959 visit to Fort Worth, according to a city press release. During that visit Dr. King was hosted by Veda Phillips Felder, an educator, author, civil rights leader and 1928 alumna of I.M. Terrell High School. The celebration, which will take place at the Fort Worth Convention Center, will also include a panel discussion on Ms. Felder’s work, according to the city.
The District is closed Monday, January 21 in observance of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday.
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