Today is the Austin Area Heritage Council’s 18th annual Martin Luther King Day celebration and march from The University of Texas at Austin to Huston-Tillotson University. In previous years, the event has involved as many as 15,000 people.
This morning at 9 a.m., participants met at UT Austin’s East Mall, where the university’s Martin Luther King Jr. statue is located. Celebrators heard speeches from members of the UT Austin African and African Diaspora Studies Department and State Representative Dawnna Dukes, as well as performances from Campbell Elementary School’s MLK Oratory Contest winner and the Innervisions Gospel Choir.
The march continued to the State Capitol, where participants heard a performance by the Greater Mount Zion Church Choir. At 11 a.m., participants arrived at the Huston-Tillotson University campus. A festival at the campus will continue until 4 p.m.
The Austin personal injury attorneys of the Law Offices of Vic Feazell, P.C. are pleased to announce this special event.





