Today is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, which means the Crispus Attucks Community Center here in York hosted its 27th annual MLK Day breakfast and day of community service.
Yep, 27th. MLK Day became a national holiday only 25 years ago, but one of the organizers told me the CA began the breakfast two years prior. Here are a few snaps from today; check out some more in the York Dispatch gallery.
© 2011 by The York Dispatch. Berta Palmer, of York City, performs a dramatic monologue as former slave Harriet Tubman for the more than 500 people who came for breakfast and community service at the Crispus Attucks Community Center on Martin Luther King, Jr., Day on Monday, Jan. 17, 2011. Palmer began and ended her monologue by singing parts of the spiritual "Go Down Moses."
© 2011 by The York Dispatch. Michael Ortiz, 2 of York City, and his mother Atya listen to speakers while eating breakfast at the Crispus Attucks Community Center on Monday, Jan. 17, 2011.
© 2011 by The York Dispatch. Amarjaa Goodling, 9 of West Manchester Township, hands a plate of food to Jimmya Coates, 10 of York City, before breakfast was served to more than 500 people at the Crispus Attucks Community Center on Martin Luther King, Jr., Day on Monday, Jan. 17, 2010. MLK Day 2011 committee member Lesia Richards said the meals were free to the public.
© 2011 by The York Dispatch. Voni Grimes, 89 of York City, performs "Lift Every Voice and Sing" on the harmonica during the 27th annual Martin Luther King, Jr., Day breakfast at the Crispus Attucks Community Center on Monday, Jan. 17, 2011. Grimes, who attended segregated schools in York, is a local community leader who has promoted athleticism and has had a gym named after him.
© 2011 by The York Dispatch. Lesia Richards, of York City, stands up and claps during panelist and community elder Mary Williams' short speech about how much progress the black community has made since before the civil rights movement, at the Crispus Attucks Community Center on Monday, Jan. 17, 2011. Richards, who was a member of the community center's MLK 2011 committee, said the annual breakfast and community service programs took about three months to coordinate.
© 2011 by The York Dispatch. Linwood McCowin, of York City, passes out garbage bags to about 20 volunteers before they started sweeping and cleaning up the streets in a radius around the Crispus Attucks Community Center on Monday, Jan. 17, 2011. Organizers at the community center encouraged others to join them at the center and "make it a day on, not a day off" by engaging in community service.
© 2011 by The York Dispatch. Linwood McCowin, of York City, passes out garbage bags to about 20 volunteers before they started sweeping and cleaning up the streets in a radius around the Crispus Attucks Community Center on Monday, Jan. 17, 2011. Organizers at the community center encouraged others to join them at the center and "make it a day on, not a day off" by engaging in community service.
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I keep waiting for you to photograph someone I know.
That would largely depend on how many of the people you knew are still in York. Anyway, Voni Grimes is kind of a big deal, locally.
I fully agree completely!