{"id":129135,"date":"2026-01-19T15:38:29","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T15:38:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/129135\/"},"modified":"2026-01-19T15:38:29","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T15:38:29","slug":"thousands-expected-to-take-part-in-san-antonios-39th-annual-mlk-march","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/129135\/","title":{"rendered":"Thousands expected to take part in San Antonio&#8217;s 39th Annual MLK March"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<img width=\"594\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-52859369-594x400.jpg\" class=\"object-cover wp-post-image\" alt=\"Thousands expected to take part in San Antonio\u2019s 39th Annual MLK March\" post-type=\"post\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\tScreen capture from the CBS national broadcast of the \u2018I Have a Dream\u2019 speech of American civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. (1929 \u2013 1968), Washington, DC, August 28, 1963. King Jr. delivered his speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial to over 200,000 supporters at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. (Photo by CBS Photo Archive\/Getty Images)\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>SAN ANTONIO (KTSA News) \u2014\u00a0\u00a0Thousands are expected to attend San Antonio\u2019s 39th annual MLK March and Celebration on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>It has been said the Alamo City\u2019s event is the largest of its kind across the United States.<\/p>\n<p>The March begins at 10 a.m. at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Academy, located on Martin Luther King Drive. The march will cover close to 3 miles along MLK Drive through San Antonio\u2019s East Side. As the march is going on, no vehicles will be allowed along the route.<\/p>\n<p>A celebration is planned at Pittman-Sullivan Park on Iowa Street at the conclusion of the March.<\/p>\n<p>More about:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Screen capture from the CBS national broadcast of the \u2018I Have a Dream\u2019 speech of American civil rights&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":129136,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[14946,6713,20323,82,84,83],"class_list":{"0":"post-129135","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-antonio","8":"tag-jr","9":"tag-martin-luther-king","10":"tag-mlk-march","11":"tag-san-antonio","12":"tag-san-antonio-headlines","13":"tag-san-antonio-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129135","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=129135"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129135\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/129136"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=129135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=129135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}