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MLK events proclaim power of community

Theme invoked at Saturday breakfast rolls through Monday’s parade to final service

Railyn Hampton, 11, top, and Lynnsey Mercer, 10, of Girl Scout Troop 30036 laud the merits of service during the Martin Luther King Jr. Day Parade as it makes its return to downtown Statesboro on Monday, Jan. 16, 2023, after a three-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (SCOTT BRYANT/staff)

MLK Parade 2023 — Railyn Hampton, 11, top, and Lynnsey Mercer, 10, of Girl Scout Troop 30036 laud the merits of service during the Martin Luther King Jr. Day Parade as it makes its return to downtown Statesboro on Monday, Jan. 16, 2023, after a three-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (SCOTT BRYANT/staff)

Statesboro’s local Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Weekend began with the prayer breakfast Saturday where veteran English teacher Dr. Enola Mosley defined what King was “made of” and the “difference between a neighborhood and a community.”

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