Community Marches for MLK’s LEGACY

Story by Lizz Daniels

Photos by Jarred Kindles

It was a muggy Monday morning when community members gathered on the TLU campus at Wupperman Little Theatre to begin marching to downtown Seguin in observance of Martin Luther King Day. MLK Day Committee member Rodney Durst led the group in prayer before the march began.

Along the way, the Seguin Daily News and Seguin Radio KWED caught up with him and others to capture their stories and reasons for the trek downtown.

“The reason why I’m in MLK is because I believe in standing for his legacy –– equality and non-violent. I think it’s a cause we all need to be ready for, and we need to do ourselves as a community and as a world. For our community, it’s showing that there are a lot of people actually listening. There are a lot of people interested in what’s going on as far as the legacy is concerned. That’s actually what Martin Luther King was looking for –– all of us getting together as a community –– equal. Nobody’s over anybody,” said Durst.

Retired SISD history teacher Kendra Gibbs joined the march because, as an educator, she appreciates the significance of the Civil Rights Movement.

“I taught history for twenty-five years, and there’s no bigger impact that anybody had than Martin Luther King. And we need to get back to his ideals,” said Gibbs.

As the march neared downtown, a voice carried over those walking, singing, ‘We shall overcome.” On her way to the downtown MLK day gathering, Seguin community member Charlene Harris filmed the march and felt moved to sing.