A March to keep King’s dream alive

 
BY MEREDITH MORIAK | Modified: January 19, 2010 at 3:55 pm | Published: January 19, 2010   

Ricky Harris doesn’t get the holiday off work, but that hasn’t stopped him from attending the Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade in Oklahoma City the past 30 years. He takes a vacation day.

photo - The Langston University marching band performs Monday in the Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade in Oklahoma City. Photo by Steve Gooch, The Oklahoman
The Langston University marching band performs Monday in the Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade in Oklahoma City. Photo by Steve Gooch, The Oklahoman

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"I come out to support the whole theme of the parade and what Dr. King stood for,” Harris said. "He believed in the equality of everything. … That’s what I stand...
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