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Unique local MLK observance reflects the historic moment

Jasmine Mears, in mirror, listens in as Bulloch County NAACP Branch President Delinda Gaskins speaks during a community service for Martin Luther King, Jr. at Mill Creek Regional Park on Monday, Jan. 18. In lieu of the traditional MLK holiday parade due to COVID-19, the service was held outdoors with music and speakers and broadcast on a radio frequency so attendees could listen from their vehicles.

mlk — Jasmine Mears, in mirror, listens in as Bulloch County NAACP Branch President Delinda Gaskins speaks during a community service for Martin Luther King, Jr. at Mill Creek Regional Park on Monday, Jan. 18. In lieu of the traditional MLK holiday parade due to COVID-19, the service was held outdoors with music and speakers and broadcast on a radio frequency so attendees could listen from their vehicles.

Coming after Georgia’s history-making elections and also after an attack on the national Capitol by a reactionary mob, Statesboro’s unique 2021 Martin Luther King Jr. Day drive-in observance sounded notes of unity and progress but also of continued struggle.

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