removed Martin Luther King Jr. Day <\/a>from its list of free entry days into national parks and added President Trump’s birthday.<\/p>\n\u201cI feel like it is really important to keep respecting what this man did for this country,\u201d Hoff said. \u201cAnd, unfortunately, with some of the administration we have right now, I get a little worried that maybe they are trying to ease it out, and I don\u2019t like that at all. I think we should keep it completely.”<\/p>\n
During his life, Dr. King led nonviolent movements, including efforts to integrate bus lines in Montgomery, Alabama, and the March on Washington where he delivered his \u201cI Have a Dream\u201d speech.<\/p>\n
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Members of the Northeast High School Marching Band walk with others from the Texas Capitol across I-35 to Huston-Tillotson University during a Monday celebration honoring Martin Luther King Jr.<\/p>\n
Shanice Brim marched with the Democratic Socialists of America. The group was among the thousands who marched Monday from the Texas Capitol to Huston-Tillotson University. She said honoring King\u2019s legacy is more important now than ever.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere is a lot of discord in the country right now,\u201d Brim said. \u201cIt feels like those of us who believe in justice are getting hit on all sides whether it’s around abortion rights, immigration, or our endless need to fund wars instead of things we need here in the country like harm reduction and housing services.\u201d<\/p>\n
Those in attendance were also encouraged to bring canned goods to support the Central Texas Food Bank \u2014 a nod to King\u2019s work advocating for the poor and the hungry.<\/p>\n
This was the first march on MLK Day since 2024. The last two events were canceled<\/a> because of winter weather.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The climate at this year’s Martin Luther King Jr. march and rally was notably different. Many spoke out…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":129637,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,55607,55608,133,1223,3759,49485,51462,49484,55609,55610],"class_list":["post-129636","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-mlk","tag-austin-mlk-community-march-and-festival","tag-austin-news","tag-austin-texas","tag-city-of-austin","tag-martin-luther-king-jr","tag-mlk","tag-mlk-day","tag-mlk-day-austin","tag-mlk-day-march"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129636","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=129636"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129636\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/129637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=129636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=129636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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