Hawkins group celebrates legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr.

HAWKINS, Texas (KLTV) – Saturday, the seventh annual Unity within the CommUnity Prayer Breakfast was held at Jarvis Christian College to have a good time the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

“Martin Luther King, Jr., being an alpha is without doubt one of the causes that I joined the group as a result of I needed to be within the likeliness of different leaders reminiscent of himself,” mentioned Jordan Brandley.

Brandley is a senior, chemistry main and chapter president of the native Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc. at Jarvis Christian School.

Brandley mentioned he’s honored to be in the identical fraternity that Martin Luther King, Jr., was in and that Dr. King impressed him to enter into a task of management.

“The final purpose of a love for all mankind is absolutely what helps up bridge the hole of those racial tensions that brother Martin Luther King, Jr., helped to bridge and that we’re nonetheless working to bridge now,” mentioned Brandley.

Jhavier Regulation is a junior at Jarvis Christian College. He mentioned he needed to be identical to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., when he was in elementary faculty.

“‘I’ve a dream that someday little black boys and black women would be capable to be a part of fingers with little white boys and white women as sisters and brothers. I’ve a dream, someday.’ It was humorous as a result of I assumed that was the complete speech,” mentioned Regulation.

“The best half about him was after I discovered about black historical past it was principally ache, struggling and combating. For Dr. King, blackness wasn’t a battle; it was honorary. It was one thing to be pleased with and to point out folks that we aren’t violent,” mentioned Regulation.

Jarvis Christian College President Lester Newman gave awards to 2 alumni to honor their efforts in serving to feed college students who’re fighting meals insecurity.

“They’ll’t do it by themselves. Their households don’t have the assets to do it by themselves, however collectively we are able to make a distinction. We will make that change, and collectively that’s what Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was all about,” mentioned Newman.

All proceeds made out of the occasion have been donated to Jarvis Christian College scholarship funds.

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