Martin Luther King Jr. Peace Walk & Parade Archives - The Washington Informer

Keenan Anderson, a 10th grade English and Language Arts instructor at Digital Pioneers Academy PCS in D.C., died in a Los Angeles hospital hours after officers with the Los Angeles Police Department repeatedly Tased and arrested him at the scene of a Jan. 3 car accident. (Courtesy of Patricia Cullors via Instagram)

Letters to the Editor

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Justice for Keenan

by WI Editorial Staff January 25, 2023January 25, 2023

My heart is broken by the news of the death of teacher and father Keenan Anderson.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser led city residents in the Martin Luther King Jr. Day Parade in Southeast on Jan. 16. (Ja'Mon Jackson/The Washington Informer)

MLK Holiday Events Mark Legacy and a Call to End Gun Violence

by James Wright Jr. January 18, 2023January 18, 2023

Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy still affects multitudes of people around the world. (Courtesy of Democracy Now)

EDITORIAL: Dr. King’s Dream and Warning

by WI Editorial Staff January 18, 2023January 19, 2023

Participants in the annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Peace Walk and Parade cross the Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge in southeast D.C. on Jan. 17. (Photo by Lafayette Barnes)

D.C. Set to Fete 40th Anniversary of King Holiday Celebration

by James Wright Jr. January 11, 2023January 11, 2023

Participants in the annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Peace Walk and Parade cross the Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge in southeast D.C. on Jan. 17. (Photo by Lafayette Barnes)

On King Holiday, Hundreds Walk for Voting Rights and D.C. Statehood

by James Wright Jr. January 19, 2022January 19, 2022

**FILE** Martin Luther King speaking at the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington on Aug. 28, 1963

MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN: Honoring Dr. King Through the Right to Vote

by Marian Wright Edelman January 19, 2022January 19, 2022

**FILE** Martin Luther King III, son of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., will participate in the District's Jan. 17 peace walk honoring the life and work of his father. (Robert R. Roberts/ The Washington Informer)

Black Experience

King Family: No Celebration Until Lawmakers Pass Voting Rights Legislation

by Stacy M. Brown January 12, 2022January 12, 2022

**FILE** Protesters gather at the White House to bring attention to voting rights, voter suppression and D.C. statehood. (Anthony Tilghman/The Washington Informer)

D.C. Statehood Activists Support MLK Peace Walk

by James Wright Jr. January 12, 2022January 12, 2022

**FILE** Martin Luther King III, son of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., will participate in the District's Jan. 17 peace walk honoring the life and work of his father. (Robert R. Roberts/ The Washington Informer)

MLK Peace Walk to Highlight Voting Rights Legislation Passage Effort

by James Wright Jr. January 5, 2022January 6, 2022

Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy still affects multitudes of people around the world. (Courtesy of Democracy Now)

Black Experience

MLK Parade Goes On Virtually

by James Wright Jr. January 20, 2021December 21, 2021