Some students spend day off at Oklahoma City parade

 
BY MEGAN ROLLAND | Modified: January 19, 2010 at 4:15 am | Published: January 19, 2010   

Children lined Broadway Avenue on Monday for the city’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade. They hoped to collect candy or get a high five from Oklahoma City Thunder mascot Rumble as he rode by on a Segway, but the young students also knew who they were celebrating.

photo - Children watch as a marching band passes during the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Parade in Little Rock, Ark. Monday Jan. 18, 2010. (AP Photo/Brian Chilson)
Children watch as a marching band passes during the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Parade in Little Rock, Ark. Monday Jan. 18, 2010. (AP Photo/Brian Chilson)

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