• Asia Johnson, the niece of the recently deceased Mother’s Advocating Safe Streets founder Jennette Culpepper, stands on the steps of the Old Court House during Monday’s national MLK day holiday ceremonies on Jan. 17th, 2022.

  • Merdean Gales, President of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Committee, fires up the crowd during holiday ceremonies, Mon. Jan. 17, 2022 on the steps of the Old Court house in downtown St. Louis.

  • St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones speaking during a Martin Luther King Day ceremony on the steps of the Old Court House on Monday, Jan. 17, 2022. At left is Asia Johnson, the niece of Mother’s Advocating Safe Streets founder Jennette Culpepper. 

  • Merdean Gales, President of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Committee, fires up the crowd during holiday ceremonies on the steps of the Old Court house in downtown St. Louis. on Monday, Jan. 17, 2022.

  • St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones speaking during a Martin Luther King Day ceremony on the steps of the Old Court House Mon. Jan. 17, 2022. At left holding the sign is Asia Johnson, the niece of Mother’s Advocating Safe Streets founder Jennette Culpepper who recently passed away. 

  • Dr. Martin Luther King Statewide Commissioner Merdean Gales and MLK Day organizer Mr. Gary Boyd (speaking) gave a tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. during a reef dedication at Vashon High School on Monday Jan. 17, 2022. To Mr. Gary Boyd’s left are 26th Ward Alderwoman Shameem Hubbard, and 4th Ward Alderwoman Dwinderlin Evans and 18th Ward Committee woman Yolanda Yancie.

  • Rudolph Lovelace directs traffic during the Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis’ food giveaway at their headquarters in the city’s Fountain Park neighborhood on Monday, Jan. 17, 2022. Several groups helped give away PPE, toiletries and food for the event dedicated to Dr. King’s Day of service

  • Harris Stowe State University’s Bennie Gilliam-Williams, (Special Assistant to the President), HSSU Interim President Dr. LaTonia Collins Smith, and Executive Assistant to the President Lea Sutherlin, did their Day of Service in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at the Urban League Food Give-Away on Mon. Jan. 17, 2022 in the city’s Fountain Park neighborhood.

  • Scenes from the holiday ceremonies on the steps of the Old Court house in downtown St. Louis Monday, Jan. 17, 2022 

  • Scenes from the holiday ceremonies on the steps of the Old Court house in downtown St. Louis Monday, Jan. 17, 2022 

  • Scenes from the holiday ceremonies on the steps of the Old Court house in downtown St. Louis Monday, Jan. 17, 2022 

  • Scenes from the holiday ceremonies on the steps of the Old Court house in downtown St. Louis Monday, Jan. 17, 2022 

  • The snow did not deter the commemoration of the legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on his birthday, January 15, 2022, in St. Louis’ Fountain Park in front of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. statue, directly across the street from Centennial Christian Church.

  • The snow did not deter the commemoration of the legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on his birthday, January 15, 2022, in St. Louis’ Fountain Park in front of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. statue, directly across the street from Centennial Christian Church.

  • The snow did not deter the commemoration of the legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on his birthday, January 15, 2022, in St. Louis’ Fountain Park in front of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. statue, directly across the street from Centennial Christian Church, and the “peace march” which followed led by the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Epsilon Lambda (St. Louis, MO) Alumni Chapter, Fountain Park-Lewis Place Community, Central West End Church, Epsilon Lambda Charitable Foundation, Second Presbyterian Church, and the Butler Group.

  • The snow did not deter the commemoration of the legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on his birthday, January 15, 2022, in St. Louis’ Fountain Park in front of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. statue, directly across the street from Centennial Christian Church, and the “peace walk” which followed led by the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Epsilon Lambda (St. Louis, MO) Alumni Chapter, Fountain Park-Lewis Place Community, Central West End Church, Epsilon Lambda Charitable Foundation, Second Presbyterian Church, and the Butler Group.

  • The snow did not deter the commemoration of the legacy of Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on his birthday, January 15, 2022 in St. Louis inside Fountain Park at the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. statue, directly across the street from Centennial Christian Church. The program was followed by a march.

    The St. Louis Alumnae Chapter Choir of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority led the singing of The Black National Anthem.

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