Tarboro NC – So Where Are All Of Those Folks Who Celebrated Dr. Martin L. King Jr. Birthday Holiday Events In Edgecombe County The Banquet And The March Back In January?

So where were are all of those folks who celebrated Dr. Martin L. King Jr. Birthday Holiday events in Edgecombe County the banquet and the march on Saturday April 14, 2012 10:00 am when Edgecombe County Democratic Party delegates met at the Edgecombe County Court House in Tarboro? However these same folks should have attended their precinct meetings in March also. I strongly feel Dr. King would have been proud to know that these same folks attended the convention where decisions were being discussed by folks whom claim they are about making Edgecombe County a better place to live, work and play.

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Watkins: Students must embody MLK with their actions, not just words

The change America needs isn’t going to be easy, cheap or comfortable, and it will not come without controversy.

Boyce Watkins, the keynote speaker at the Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Program, urged students, faculty, staff and community members to take action and follow through on King’s ideals and values instead of just talking about them. (More)

Note: I agree 100%. ACTION! Right on!! C. Dancy II – DCN Publisher

Saunders: Live out the dream every day

Can we, at long last, put the kibosh on the kiddie King orators?

Every third Monday in January, well-meaning people all over America get together to "Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing" and honor Dr. King’s memory. On many of these programs appears a precocious prepubescent prodigy who wows everyone by flawlessly reciting "I Have a Dream."

Whoop-de-doo. (More)

Ol’ Dirty MLK: America’s Most Wanted – The BlackList Pub

by TRUTH Minista Paul Scott ~

He was considered by some the most dangerous man in America. He spent many nights locked up in jail cells. There were constant attempts made on his life. During his last years he was constantly harassed by law enforcement. The real reason for his untimely demise before the age of 40 still remains a mystery. I’m not talking about Grammy nominated rapper Russell "Ol’ Dirty Bastard" Jones," I’m talking about Nobel Peace Prize winner, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr…. (More)

Announcements: MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. HOLIDAY EVENTS IN HALIFAX, NASH, FRANKLIN COUNTIES AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS

MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. HOLIDAY EVENTS IN HALIFAX, NASH, FRANKLIN COUNTIES AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS

HALIFAX COUNTY EVENTS

Monday, January, 16 at 9:30am Oak Grove Baptist Church in Littleton & Piney Grove Baptist Church in Halifax is sponsoring the 7^th Annual MLK Day Parade line-up will begin at 9:30 on Mosby Avenue near Lakeland Cultural Center in Littleton and process down Main St. at 10am.  For more information contact Ophelia Gould-Faison at 252.532.0071 or email gouldfaison@hotmail.com and Lori Parrott at 919.358.0980 or email laneashe@yahoo.com

Monday, January, 16, Oak Grove Baptist Church in Littleton & Piney Grove Baptist Church in Halifax is sponsoring The 10^th Annual MLK Program and Reception. The Reception will begin at 10:45am at Oak Grove in the C. E. McCollum Fellowship Hall and the program at 12noon at Oak Grove in the PromiseLand Sanctuary. Keynote Speaker: Rev. Dr. Thomas L. Walker. For more information contact Ophelia Gould-Faison at 252.532.0071 or email gouldfaison@hotmail.com and Lori Parrott at 919.358.0980 or email laneashe@yahoo.com

Monday, January, 16, Oak Grove Baptist Church in Littleton & Piney Grove Baptist Church in Halifax is sponsoring The 2012 MLK Service Project will benefit "The Learning Pot" an afterschool center in Littleton serving students in 2nd-5th grades.  The project will be to collect snacks for the students at the center.  For more information contact Ophelia Gould-Faison at 252.532.0071 or email gouldfaison@hotmail.com and Lori Parrott at 919.358.0980 or email laneashe@yahoo.com.

FRANKLIN COUNTY EVENTS

Sunday, January 15, at 5:00pm (Franklin Area Clergical Ecumenical Society) (F.A.C.E.S) (local ministerial alliance will host it’s Annual MLK Jr. Service at Louisburg High School Auditorium.  For more information call Sidney Dunston at (919) 496-7855.

Saturday, January 14, at 10:00am, The Town of Franklinton and the Dr. Martin L. King, Jr. Committee will sponsor an MLK Parade. The march will begin at Franklinton High School gym to First Baptist Church.  For more information call the Town of Franklinton 919-494-2520.

ROCKY MOUNT EVENTS

Saturday, January 7 at 9:00am, The City of Rocky Mount Humans Relations Department sponsors Youth Oratorical Contests. The Imperial Centre for the Arts & Sciences. Theme for grades 6–8: “Building Dreams Through Education”. Theme for grades 9–12: “Learning to Build Dreams”. For more information call 252-972-1181 or visit www.rockymountnc.gov.

Monday, January 16, at 7:00am (Breakfast), 8:00am (Program) The City of Rocky Mount Humans Relations Department sponsors the 24th Annual Unity Breakfast Keynote Speaker: Dr. Dudley Flood. The Dunn Center (on the campus of NC Wesleyan College). For more information call 252-972-1181 or visit www.rockymountnc.gov.

Monday, January 16, The City of Rocky Mount Humans Relations Department sponsors A Day Of Service.  Volunteers will team together to perform community service projects throughout the Rocky Mount area. To participate, call the United Way-Tar River Region at 937-2213. 

Special thanks to event partners United Way-Tar River Region & NC Wesleyan College. For more information call 252-972-1181 or visit www.rockymountnc.gov.

Sunday, January 15, 2012 at 4pm, CDC Workers Unity Committee/Carolina Auto, Aerospace & Machine Workers Union-UE150, and the Bloomer Hill Community Association sponsors the 20th Annual Martin Luther King Memorial Concert St. John Missionary Baptist Church, 5987 Red Oak Road, Battleboro, NC featuring Youth and Gospel Choirs from Whitakers, Battleboro, Enfield area.  For more information call, 252-641-0294.

Monday, January 16, 2012 at 11am, CDC Workers Unity Committee/Carolina Auto, Aerospace & Machine Workers Union-UE150, and the Bloomer Hill Community Association sponsors the 22nd Annual Martin Luther King Day Celebration Bloomer Hill Community Center, US 301, Whitakers, NC. Keynote Speaker: Rep. Angela Bryant NC General Assembly Representative District 7 – Halifax and Nash Counties. For more information call, 252-641-0294.

Monday, January 16, 2012 at 7:30am, CDC Workers Unity Committee/Carolina Auto, Aerospace & Machine Workers Union-UE150, and the Bloomer Hill Community Association sponsors the 15th Annual MLK Community Empowerment Breakfast, Franklinton Center at Bricks, US 301 North, Whitakers, NC. Speaker:  Ms. Barbara S. Simmons, Mayor of Enfield NC. Sponsored by Community Empowerment Alliance. For more information call, 252-641-0294.

Monday, January 16, 2012 at 9:30am, CDC Workers Unity Committee/Carolina Auto, Aerospace & Machine Workers Union-UE150, and the Bloomer Hill Community Association sponsors the 13th Annual Whitakers MLK Day Motorcade & March Monday, start at Whitakers Town Park, NW Railroad Street; march ends at Bloomer Hill Community Center, Sponsored by the Whitakers Community Club. For more information call, 252-641-0294.

during Black tory Month

Saturday, February 25, noon – 4:00pm, The City of Rocky Mount Humans Relations Department sponsors the International Festival Of Cultures. A celebration of Rocky Mount’s diverse cultures! Brown Auditorium [on the campus of Nash Community College]

Special thanks to event partner Nash Community College. Call 972-1181 or visit www.rockymountnc.gov.

DURHAM EVENT

Sat. Feb. 4, 2012 at 12 noon, Fayetteville Street 10th Annual Durham MLK/Black History Month Parade.   Grand Marshall: Dr. Chuck Davis. For more information, call 919-680-0465

CNN Analyst Roland Martin Speaks In Triad – Source: digtriad.com

Winston-Salem, NC — Today is the 25th anniversary of the day Martin Luther King Junior Day was made a national holiday. Federal and state offices were closed, and many students were out of school. Several people used their day off to participate in or attend a Martin Luther King Day parade or other event.

Monday night, Winston-Salem State and Wake Forest Universities hosted a joint Martin Luther King Day event, featuring journalist Roland Martin. Martin is an analyst on CNN, hosts a show on TV ONE, and is an analyst on the Tom Joyner Morning Show. (Read more)

Note: You know words and sense goes hand in hand. Now reading what Martin said about Dr. King and education makes sense. So should we really be mad about children going to school to make up a snow day? You see sometimes we don’t think about the whole picture. C. Dancy II – DCN Publisher

King Holiday Challenge – Okay Powers That Be Such As Churches, Political Leaders, Community Leaders And Others With Resources, I Repeat With Resources

I know some folks don’t like the word lottery. Well I will spend a few dollars a week on the lottery as long as I have the desire and maybe one day I will win but if not I will die trying. I pay county taxes but do my children have access to county recreation and/or is recreation available in my city?

I have always wanted to come into some money so that I could do certain things. Most important is to do things for the youth.

I have always wanted a big house where my children could have other children come over and they could play in a safe and secure environment.

When I was growing up I had it all. I had bicycles, mini bike, motorcycle, basketball goal, pool table and more. Children from the neighborhood came over to my house to play pool and to play basketball. But maybe it was because I came from a one child home where my mother and father both worked public jobs and we farmed also. I say we because I began working when I was 5 years old. No farms today for children to work on.

The only outlet for children in Pinetops to play basketball is outside the Pinetops Old Sparta Community Center. There is no indoor gym that the children have access to although there sits George Washington Carver Elementary School where the gym was converted to a multipurpose room.

G.W. Carver used to be the all black school until the Class of 1971 and it has only been several years since Samuel Gilliam principal picture was placed in the entrance hallway. And actually it is not posted like the principals are at the neighboring white middle school.

Why in the hell did the people of Pinetops black and white allow the gym to be turned into a multipurpose room? Why didn’t the black community and the few black board members put up a fight? Where were the G.W. Carver Alumni? Well why would they put up a fight when black children didn’t have access to the gym over the years since integration. I joined the alumni for one year and it was not for me. I had a dream and it didn’t include the total mission of the alumni because I feel the children need the alumni all during the year and not just at the end of the year when they pass out scholarships. I didn’t graduate from G.W. Carver but went to school there until the 6th grade.

Okay the Annual Dr. MLK March in Edgecombe County that targets the youth was held on Monday January 17, 2011. I think it is called “Lunch with the King” oh how lovely.

So what does the youth in communities like Pinetops, Conetoe, Leggett and other areas where they do not have the luxury of recreation centers like Tarboro has have to do? Why are there no Boys & Girls Club building/s in the county? Hell they been trying to throw the Boys & Girls Clubs out of the schools in the county since way back when. I know because I spoke out against them kicking them out. I served on the Edgecombe County Recreation Advisory Committee (now defunct) years ago and what did we accomplish? Nothing. But we were able to document how they didn’t want the children to play in the county school gyms and/or use their baseball fields during the summer.

I could go on and on with more of my spill however I think more can probably be found on my blogs over the years. Plus I have stated this over and over again at meetings and elsewhere.

So until the powers that be show me just how much they love the children by providing an outlet for the children, the hell with a March, a Banquet and etc. Children are available year after year just like the annual celebration so while you work on the celebration work on something that the youth can benefit from all year.

But how can these folks who say they love Dr. King continue to use our children of Edgecombe County for posters, speeches and etc. during the Dr. King Holiday Weekend but provide no outlet for them. And then we don’t understand why the children do what they do and do not want to come back to Edgecombe County when they go off to college?

I get it, I got it a long time ago especially after becoming an advocate for children back in the early 90’s. I have no regrets because I have done my share to the best of my ability fighting for them. So this is why I don’t have a problem with not attending the Dr. MLK Celebrations in Edgecombe County.

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Wake County Public Schools As The Dr. King Celebration Beat Goes On

So what is the topic of the Dr. King Celebration in Wake County?

I hope it is black folks have awaken and realize that there butts ought to have been more concerned about the Wake County  Public School system and that they will run for a seat on the school board so they can fight for their children. It is a damn shame that over the years blacks in Wake County, as smart as they are, have not shown much interest in sitting in the seat where they can make a difference.

If I am correct the only black board member is Keith Sutton, a homeboy from Edgecombe County who was appointed to fill an unexpired term of another board member. Keith has not had a dull moment since being appointed to the board.

Oh well and the beat goes on.

At the end of the day, it is not our enemies we remember, but the silence of our friends! Dr. Martin L. King

The above is one of my favorite quotes because a friend will get you killed.

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Dr. MLK Jr. Holiday–Black Folks Is It About A Real Cause Or Is It About Dressing Up And Being Seen?

Last night there was the annual Dr. Martin L. King Jr. banquet held in Edgecombe County and I am quite sure it was standing room only. I attended the event for 10 – 12 years but I have not attended in the past 3 – 4 years.

Do I miss the speeches? Yes!!

But do I need to hear the speeches to know what needs to be done in my county? Hell no!! I have heard enough speeches to last me a lifetime.

I used to attend a candlelight vigil in Rocky Mount on this day but I have not attended it as well in the past 2 – 3 years. I ended up at this event briefly the last time I attended because I was riding with someone else and we stopped by on the way to Wilson to an event.

Tomorrow some people will be off work because of the Dr. Martin L. King Holiday however many folks will have to work. It is a shame that everyone do not have the day off but until we come together and demand the day it will probably never happen. However there are many especially black folks who do not know nor do not care about how much Dr. King meant to our society.

But as I reflect on the years that I have celebrated the holiday using a vacation day from work, I used to enjoy traveling across the county and sometimes across the state between Saturday and Monday. But over the years I have chosen not to participate in the celebrations simply because I refuse to walk with those fake folks especially black politicians and so called leaders who don’t stand for anything while they continue to hold us right where we are.

When things goes on within our school system, where are these folks who dress up and celebrate the Dr. King Holiday? Recently a white principal in Edgecombe County was removed from one school due to an investigation concerning a testing probe. This principal was sent to a middle school as an assistant principal in a predominately black district and there has not been any outcry. Silence.

Tomorrow Monday January 17 in Edgecombe County there will be a march from Tarboro to Princeville and it will be hundreds of students present but where are these powers that be when these students need them during the entire school year?

Well over the years I have spent time with my children on Dr. King Holiday. But one thing about it many children in Edgecombe County, especially the politicians and so-called leaders know that I have been an advocate for children since the early 90’s. Many of the politicians and the so-called leaders children reaped the benefits from the things I have fought for.

On Tuesday January 18 it will be back to business as usual and no mention of Dr. King until a couple of weeks before the 2012 Dr. King Holiday.

At the end of the day, it is not our enemies we remember, but the silence of our friends! Dr. Martin L. King

The above is one of my favorite quotes because a friend will get you killed.

Martin Luther King, Jr: I Have a Dream

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AREA 2010 MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. EVENTS

AREA 2010 MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. EVENTS

(Halifax, Rocky Mount,  Whitakers, Nash, Edgecombe)

HALIFAX COUNTY CELEBRATION

Sat. Jan 16, 2010; 6:00pm; Mystique Multi-Venue Complex, Hwy 125- Roanoke Rapids, NC; For information contact: 252-535-2284 (David Harvey, President). Tickets available at H.D. Pope Funeral Home – $25.00.

KING DAY CELEBRATION DUTCH BRUNCH

Jan. 18, 2010; 11:00am – 2:00pm; Resettlement Café; 8311 Hwy 561, Halifax, NC. For information contact 252-826-3244.

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ROCKY MOUNT CELEBRATION

City of Rocky Mount –22nd Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration

Saturday, Jan. 9, 2010;  9:00 AM ; Imperial Centre

Theme:  “His Life – Linking Communities Together Around The World”

Oratorical Competition– Grades 6-12

Note:  All entry forms due December 18, 2009

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Saturday, Jan. 16, 2010, Nash Community College

9:00 AM – Breakfast

10:00 AM – Program

Unity Breakfast

Cost – $5.00

Naomi Tutu, Daughter of Bishop Desmond Tutu – Speaker

Saturday, Jan 16, 9:00am – MLK Blood Drive – Ebenezer Baptist Church

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Sunday, Jan. 17, 5:00pm – MLK Candlelight Service, Ebenezer Baptist Church – Rev. John Mendez- Speaker

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MLK Service, Jan. 18, 2010; 9:00 am Breakfast; 10:00am Service;  Word Tabernacle Church Rocky Mount. For more information contact: 252-442-2925

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Saturday, Feb. 20, 2010

12:00- 4:00 PM

International Festival of Cultures; Nash Community College

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Sunday, Feb. 21, 2010; 3:30 PM; Talent Hunt Competition; Imperial Centre (Black Box Theatre); Entries due February 12, 2010

For more information, call 252-972-1182; TT(TTD) 1-800-735-2962; VOICE 1-800-736-8262

WHITAKERS CELEBRATION

ored     Sponsored by the CDC Workers Unity Committee/Carolina Auto, Aerospace

             & Machine Workers Union-UE150 and the Bloomer Hill Community Association

18^th Annual Martin Luther King Memorial Concert

Sunday, Jan. 17, 2010 —4 PM

Mann’s Chapel AME Church

9992 Red Oak Road, Whitakers, NC

featuring Youth and Gospel Choirs from Whitakers, Battleboro area

13th Annual Mlk Community Empowerment Breakfast

Monday, Jan. 18, 2010 — 7:30 AM

Franklinton Center at Bricks, US 301 North, Whitakers, NC

Speaker: Rev. Leon White, Ministers for Racial, Social & Economic Justice

Sponsored by Community Empowerment Alliance

11th Annual Whitakers Mlk Day Motorcade & March

Monday, Jan. 18, 2010— 9:30 AM start at Whitakers Town Park,

NW Railroad Street; march ends at Bloomer Hill Community Center

Sponsored by the Whitakers Community Club

20th Annual Martin Luther King Day Celebration

Monday, Jan. 18, 2010 — 11:00 AM, Bloomer Hill Community Center

US 301, Whitakers, NC

Keynote Speaker: Melvin MAClin, Vice President, UE Local 1110, Chicago, IL Former Republic Windows & Doors worker

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NASHVILLE CELEBRATION

MLK Day

Jan. 18, 9:00am – Nashville Celebration, OD Moore Center, District Attorney – Robert Evans will be speaking

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TARBORO CELEBRATION

MLK Banquet

Sat. Jan. 16-, 6:00pm 

Edgecombe Community College Auditorium Atrium –– Contact Linda Knight – 252-823-1599 

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MLK DAY Unity Breakfast – 8:00am – Edgecombe Community College, Administration Building. For information contact: Roosevelt Higgs – 252-907-8311.

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Poster Exhibit Friday – Friday, Jan. 15 – St. Luke Episcopal Church, Tarboro. For information contact: Judy Moss – 252-823-8496.

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Commemorative March Monday – Jan.; 18, 10:00am -St. Luke Church of God; Tarboro, NC. For information contact:  252-823-7171.

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PRINCEVILLE CELEBRATION

Lunch with the King Monday-Jan. 18- 12noon -; St. Luke Church of God, Princeville, NC. For information contact:  252-823-7171

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Sunday Jan. 10; Tarboro – Interdenominational Service; St. James United Methodist Church; 6:00pm.

‘Power of a dream’ by The Daily Southerner

About 200 people gathered Sunday night into St. James United Methodist Church to hear about the long lasting impact that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s work over 40 years ago has on people today. (Read more at The Daily Southerner)

The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2010 Celebration “Not Just A Day Off”

Wilson Branch National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

Branch # 5470 District # 11 Region # 5 South Eastern
Post Office Box 4714 – Wilson, North Carolina 27893
6952 Speight School Road – Wilson, North Carolina 27893
252-238-2886 Office/252-238-3019 Fax/910-991-5105 Cell
Email address: wilsonbranchnaacp@yahoo.com 
The Reverend Alonzo Braggs, President

January 18, 2010 @ 7:00 pm

The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day
2010 Celebration
“Not Just A Day Off”

The Wilson Branch of the NAACP extends a gracious invitation to all citizens of the Wilson Community to attend and to participate in our annual Martin Luther King Day Community Service. Our host church for the 2010 celebration will be Contending for the Faith Church located at 1006 Academy Street in Wilson North Carolina. The Pastor is the Reverend Damian Royal who will serve as Master of Ceremony for this event.

Some of the event’s highlights will be:

Dr. Joe Davis…………………………………………..Key note speaker

Contending for the Faith Choir………………………..Choral Selections

Additionally, there will be a collection of non perishables received during the service. These items will be given to the OIC. Please come and bring a boxed or canned item. All children and youth of the branch will be recognized as well all life members of the branch.

The Wilson Branch of the NAACP is also asking all churches and community organizations to come out, and help us call attention to the fact that this is more than just a day off.

For more information contact the branch at the above address, phone number, or email. Please forward this to your church, civic organization, and friends.