Children look out from a float in the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Parade Monday in Palatka.
The leader of the modern American civil rights movement, King was assassinated in Memphis, Tenn. in April 1968. He was born in Atlanta Jan. 15, 1929 and in 1957 formed the Southern Christian Leadership Conference with other civil rights leaders.
In 1986, Congress established Martin Luther King Jr. Day as a national holiday.
The Palatka High School Band plays Monday in the city's annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Parade.
The Beasley Middle School mascot and PCSD Superintendent Tom Townsend share a laugh at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. March Monday morning in Palatka.
