GALVESTON, TEXAS

"We all have come to this hallowed spot to remind America of the erce urgency of now. Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice. Now is the time to change racial injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood. Now is the time to make justice ring out for all of God's children."
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., August 28, 1963

Thursday, August 29, 2013

5:30 p.m. March leaves Emancipation Park - 2300 Broadway 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. Program - Avenue L Baptist Church 2612 Avenue L, Galveston, Texas
Info: (409) 939-8017 or (281) 300-3235

"The people are informed that in accordance with a Proclamation from the Executive of the UnitedStates,all slaves are free. This involves an absolute equality of personal rights and rights ofproperty, between former masters and slaves..."
General Order #3(Read in Galveston by General Gordon Granger, June 19, 1865, Galveston

J U S T I C E - I N T E G R AT I O N
Galvestons commitment to The Dream is to rebuild for all
Join citizens of all races, ethnicities and faiths for a march from Galvestons historic Emancipation Park to historic Avenue L Baptist Church to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 1963 I Have A Dream speech. The work to rebuild Galveston for all our people, regardless of their race, national origin or income is a continuation of the struggle for Freedom and Civil Rights. Galvestons commitment to The Dream is to rebuild for all.

Galvestons Commitment to The Dream is to rebuild for all

Thursday, August 29, 2013

MARCH - LEAVES FROM EMANCIPATION PARK
(Site of Emancipation Proclamation in Texas on June 19, 1865) 2300 Broadway, Galveston, TX March to Avenue L Missionary Baptist Church

5:30 p.m.
Prayer Pastor Shirlyn Thomas Brief remarks Rev. Michael Merritt

PROGRAM - AVENUE L MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH

(Oldest African-American Church in Texas) 2805 Avenue L, Galveston, TX

6:00 - 8:00 p.m.

Invocation Rev. E.R. Johnson, Avenue L Baptist Church The Battle Hymn of the Republic - David Mitchell Welcome by Master of Ceremonies Rev. E.R. Johnson, Avenue L Missionary Baptist Church Reading of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.s I Have A Dream Speech Rev. Walter Jones, New Hope Baptist Church Comments from the community on the struggle for Justice in Galveston 50 years after Dr. Kings speech: Cornelia Harris-Banks, Galveston City Councilmember Carlos Garza, former Texas City Mayor Terrilyn Tarlton, Galveston City Councilmember Edward Grogan III, NAACP Youth member Jared Hernandez, LULAC Youth member Weve Come This Far By Faith, - David Mitchell & Diane Moore Recognition of guests Rev. E.R. Johnson, Avenue L Baptist Church Comments from the clergy: Rev. Kevin L Hodge Sr, Shiloh A.M.E. Michael Jackson, St. Vincents House Rabbi Jimmy Kessler, Congregation B'nai Israel Dr. Ahmed Ahmed, Galveston Islamic Center Father Maynard Tetreault, Holy Family Parish Remarks: The signicance of the I Have A Dream speech and our shared American history Lynn Ellison, former Texas City Commissioner Hon. Gregg Costa, United States District Judge Closing Comments Anne Olivares President LULAC Galveston Council 151 David Miller, President NAACP Galveston Unit 6180 Lift Every Voice and Sing - David Mitchell Benediction Rev. E.R. Johnson, Avenue L Missionary Baptist Church
This event is supported by the Galveston residents who believe in The Dream: NAACP Galveston Unit 6180 LULAC Galveston Council 151 Galveston County Coalition for Justice Northside Task Force Gulf Coast Interfaith Barbours Chapel Community Development Corporation NAACP Mainland Branch Unit 6201 NAACP Dickinson/Bay Area Branch Unit 6280 LULAC Texas City Council 255 Galveston County Homeless Coalition The Childrens Center Jesse Tree Gospel Missionary Baptist Church National Action Network Barbara Crews Stephen Holmes Richard Batie Raymond Lewis Rev. Nathaniel Brown VOTER REGISTRATION & IKE HOUSING RECOVERY INFO WILL BE AVAILABLE

It is obvious today that America has defaulted on this promissory note insofar as her citizens of color are concerned. Instead of honoring this sacred obligation, America has given the Negro people a bad check which has come back marked "insucient funds." But we refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt. We refuse to believe that there are insucient funds in the great vaults of opportunity of this nation. So we have come to cash this check -- a check that will give us upon demand the riches of freedom and the security of justice. We have also come to this hallowed spot to remind America of the erce urgency of now. This is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling o or to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism. Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice. Now is the time to open the doors of opportunity to all of God's children. Now is the time to lift our nation from the quicksands of racial injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood. ... And when this happens, when we allow freedom to ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual, Free at last! free at last! thank God Almighty, we are free at last!
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., August 28, 1963