Gene Bowden, Pastor of the Oak Hill Baptist Church in Bolivar and Mayor of Whiteville, was the guest speaker at Sunday night’s Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration. The theme of the program was “Living the Dream.”
Members of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr Community Choir, led by Lewis Thompson, sang praise hymns at Sunday night’s program.
City of Henderson Mayor Bobby King, left, and Chester County Mayor Barry Hutcherson, right, present a proclamation designating Monday, January 16 as Martin Luther King Jr as a day of celebration. Accepting the proclamation is Dr. Jerry Woods, a member of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr Steering Committee.
“I have the audacity to believe that peoples
everywhere can have three meals a day for their bodies, education and culture for their minds, and dignity, equality, and freedom for their spirits.”
